Given name & surname
Aleks
“helper and defender of mankind”
Aleks is a variant of Alex. In English use, Alex carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aleks is a variant of Alex. In English use, Alex carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Aleks is a short form of Aleksander. Aleksander possibly comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Aleks is a short form of Aleksandra. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Aleks is a short form of Aleksander.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aleks through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 474
- 474 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,277 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,277 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 22.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 36 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,051 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.
Aleks’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Aleks is a short form of Aleksandra. Aleks has a related form in Alex. In Polish usage, Aleks has a conventional equivalent in the German form Alex.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aleks has relatives in 6 languages.
7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 26
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Alejandroequivalent
- Alessandroequivalent
- Alexandreequivalent
- Sandroequivalent
- Aleksandrequivalent
- Aleksandarequivalent
- Alexandrequivalent
- Oleksandrequivalent
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- Alexandruequivalent
- Alexsequivalent
- Aleksandrsequivalent
- Aleksandrasequivalent
- Àlexequivalent
- Oleksaequivalent
- Олександрequivalent
- Álexequivalent
- Sándorequivalent
- Lissanderequivalent
- Alecsequivalent
- Олексаequivalent
- Alissandruequivalent
- Aleksanteriequivalent
- Aleksandroequivalent
- Александрequivalent
- АлексейRussian
- Lisàndarequivalent
People named Aleks
- Aleks MarićAustralian basketball player (born 1984)
- Aleks BudaAlbanian historian (1910–1993)
- Aleks PaunovicCanadian actorborn 1969
- Aleks PihlerSlovenian footballerborn 1994
- Aleks PetkovBulgarian association football playerborn 1999
- Aleks VlahSlovenian handball playerborn 1997
- AleksBrazilian footballer and managerborn 1991
- Aleks Çaçiwriter (1916-1989)
- Aleks KrotoskiAmerican broadcaster and journalistborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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