Given name
Álex
“helper and defender of mankind”
In Spanish use, Álex is a diminutive of Alejandro. In Spanish use, Alejandro carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Álex is a diminutive of Alejandro. In Spanish use, Alejandro carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Álex is a diminutive of Alejandro. Alejandro comes from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
In Spanish usage, Álex is a diminutive of Alejandro. In Spanish usage, Álex is a diminutive of Alejandra.
Álex’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Álex is a diminutive of Alejandro. In Asturian usage, Álex has an alternative spelling in Áles. In Spanish usage, Álex is a diminutive of Alejandra.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Álex
- Álex GrimaldoSpanish association football player (born 1995)
- Álex BaenaSpanish footballer (born 2001)
- Álex de la IglesiaSpanish film director and producerborn 1965
- Álex BerenguerSpanish footballerborn 1995
- Álex FernándezSpanish footballer who plays for Real Madrid Castilla as a midfielderborn 1992
- Álex ColladoSpanish association football playerborn 1999
- Álex UbagoSpanish musician (born 1981)
- Álex LópezSpanish footballerborn 1988
- Álex Pinawriter and producer, known for Money Heist (2017), Paco's Men (2005) and The Boat (2011)born 1967
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