Given name & surname · also Old Ruthenian
Aleksa
“to ward off; to protect”·“man”
Aleksa is a masculine given name from Old Ruthenian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aleksa is built from elements meaning “to ward off; to protect” and “man” and “man”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Aleksa comes from Old Ruthenian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Lithuanian usage, Aleksa developed from Ἀλέξιος. In Lithuanian usage, Aleksa is a diminutive of ALEKSEJUS.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aleksa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 602
- 62 boys · 540 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −90%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 729 as a first name in 2020; 218 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aleksa’s family of names
In Polish usage, Aleksa is a diminutive of Aleksandra. In Lithuanian usage, Aleksa developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀλέξιος. In German usage, Aleksa as a surname has a related form in Alexander.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aleksa has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Aleksa comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 5
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aleksa
- Aleksa ŠantićSerbian poet (1868-1924)
- Aleksa PalladinoAmerican actressborn 1980
- Aleksa AvramovićSerbian basketball player (born 1994)
- Aleksa TerzićSerbian association football playerborn 1999
- Aleksa ŠaponjićSerbian water polo playerborn 1992
- Aleksa Gajićartistborn 1974
- Aleksa Vukanovićassociation football playerborn 1992
- Aleksa BečićMontenegrin politicianborn 1987
- Aleksa PejićSerbian footballerborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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