Given name · Greek
Αλέκος
Αλέκος (Alékos) is a masculine given name. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Alékos.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Αλέκος is a diminutive of Αλέξανδρος. Αλέξανδρος comes from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
In Greek usage, Αλέκος is a diminutive of Alec. In Greek usage, Αλέκος is a diminutive of Xan.
Αλέκος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Αλέκος is a diminutive of Alec. In Greek usage, Αλέκος has a conventional naming counterpart in the English form Alex. In Greek usage, Αλέκος is a diminutive of Xan.
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 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Alexequivalent · English
- Alexisequivalent
- Alexandrosequivalent
- Alexiosequivalent
- Alekoequivalent
- Αλέξιοςequivalent
- Ἀλέξανδροςequivalent
- Άλεξequivalent
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People named Αλέκος
- Alekos MichaelidesCypriot politician (1933-2008)
- Alekos SpanoudakisGreek basketball player (1928-2019)
- Alekos FassianosGreek artist (1935–2022)
- Alekos AlexandrakisGreek actor (1928–2005)
- Alekos SakellariosGreek film director (1913–1991)
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