Given name & surname · also Slavic
Aleksejus
“defender”
Aleksejus is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aleksejus goes back to Ancient Greek Ἀλέξιος, meaning “defender.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Aleksejus comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Lithuanian usage, Aleksejus developed from Ἀλέξιος.
Aleksejus’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Aleksejus has a diminutive in ALEKSA. In Lithuanian usage, Aleksejus developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀλέξιος. In Lithuanian usage, Aleksejus has a diminutive in ALEKNA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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