Given name & surname · also Latin
Aleksi
“helper and defender of mankind”
Aleksi is a variant of Alexis. In Greek use, Alexis carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Original LatinAlexius
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aleksi is a variant of Alexis. In Greek use, Alexis carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Aleksi comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Aleksi developed from the Latin form Alexius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aleksi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 125
- 97 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,763 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,763 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 223 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.
Aleksi’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Aleksi has a diminutive in ALE. In Finnish usage, Aleksi developed from the Latin form Alexius. Aleksi has a related form in Alexis.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aleksi has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
10 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aleksi
- Ali AaltonenLieutenant in the Imperial Russian army, journalist, and Finnish socialist leader (1884-1918)
- Aleksi MachavarianiGeorgian musician (1913-1995)
- Aleksi SalmenperäFinnish film directorborn 1973
- Alex PetriashviliState Minister on EU and Euro-Atlantic Integrationborn 1970
- Aleksi InauriKGB officer (1908–1993)
- Sasha GegechkoriSoviet politician (1887-1928)
- Aleksi PaananenFinnish footballerborn 1993
- Aleksi SaarelaFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1997
- Aleksi OjalaFinnish athletics competitorborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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