Given name
Alexios
“helper and defender of mankind”
Alexios is a variant of Alexis. In Greek use, Alexis carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alexios is a variant of Alexis. In Greek use, Alexis 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 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alexios through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 319
- 319 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #4,546 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +85%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,546 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 37 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 284 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.
Alexios’s family of names
Alexios has a related form in Alexis.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alexios
- Alexios I KomnenosByzantine emperor (1048–1118)
- Alexios IV AngelosByzantine emperor; (1192-1204)1182–1204
- Alexios III AngelosByzantine emperor1153–1211
- Alexios V DoukasByzantine emperor1140–1204
- Alexios II KomnenosByzantine emperor1169–1183
- Alexios I of TrebizondEmperor of Trebizond1182–1222
- Alexios II of TrebizondEmperor of Trebizond1283–1330
- Alexios III of Trebizondemperor of Trebizond1338–1390
- Alexios KomnenosByzantine junior emperor; (1106-1142)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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