Given name
Aleix
“helper, defender”
Aleix is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Catalan.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aleix goes back to Ancient Greek Ἀλέξιος, meaning “helper, defender.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Aleix is a form of Alexius. An origin associated with Alexius is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Catalan usage, Aleix developed from Ἀλέξιος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2015. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aleix through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 56
- 56 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −75%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 2016.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aleix’s family of names
Aleix developed from Alexius. In Catalan usage, Aleix has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Alejo. Aleix is a form of Alexius.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Aleix has relatives in 6 languages.
5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 21
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aleix
- Aleix VidalSpanish association football playerborn 1989
- Aleix GarcíaSpanish association football playerborn 1997
- Aleix EspargaróSpanish motorcycle racerborn 1989
- Aleix GómezSpanish handball playerborn 1997
- Aleix FebasSpanish association football playerborn 1996
- Aleix GarridoSpanish footballerborn 2004
- Aleix FontSpanish basketball player (born 1998)
- Aleix ClapésSpanish painter (1846-1920)
- Aleix CochSpanish footballerborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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