Given name · Ukrainian
Олексій
Олексій (Oleksíj) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Oleksìj.
Meaning & origin
Олексій’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Олексій has a diminutive in Оле́кса. In Ukrainian usage, Олексій shares a linguistic root with the English form Alexius. In Ukrainian usage, Олексій has a conventional equivalent in the German form Alexis.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Олексій has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Олексій comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Олексій
- Oleksiy Honcharuk17th Prime Minister of Ukraine (2019-2020)born 1984
- Oleksii ReznikovUkrainian lawyer and politicianborn 1966
- Oleksiy DanilovUkrainian politicianborn 1962
- Oleksii Arestovychbloggerborn 1975
- Oleksiy ByelikUkrainian footballerborn 1981
- Oleksiy HaiUkrainian footballerborn 1982
- Oleksiy KasyanovUkrainian athletics competitor (born 1985)
- Alexei ZhitnikUkrainian & Russian ice hockey playerborn 1972
- PotapUkrainian singer, rapper and producerborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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