Given name
Alekos
“helper and defender of mankind”
Alekos is a variant of Alec. In Greek use, Alec carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alekos is a variant of Alec. In Greek use, Alec 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 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alekos through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 5 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 boys is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
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 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Alexequivalent
- Alexisequivalent
- Alexandrosequivalent
- Alexiosequivalent
- Alekoequivalent
- Αλέξηςequivalent
- Άλεξequivalent
- Αλέξιοςequivalent
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People named Alekos
- 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)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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