Given name
Aleka
“helper and defender of mankind”
Aleka is a variant of Alexandra. In Greek use, Alexandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aleka is a variant of Alexandra. In Greek use, Alexandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aleka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 220
- 0 boys · 220 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 287 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aleka
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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