Given name & surname
Alexius
“helper and defender of mankind”
Alexius is a variant of Alexis. In Greek use, Alexis carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Original GreekΑλέξιος
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alexius 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
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In Latin usage, Alexius developed from Ἀλέξιος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1928. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alexius through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,650
- 135 boys · 1,515 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 121 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,441 as a first name in 2020; 148 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.
Alexius’s family of names
In German usage, Alexius has a short form in Lex. In English usage, Alexius has a feminine form in Alexia. Alexius has a related form in Alexis.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alexius has relatives in 36 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Alexius comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 7
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 46
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ἀλέξιοςroot · Ancient Greek
- ΑλέξιοςGreek
- AlexHungarian
- Alessioderivative · Italian
- Alexiafeminine form · English
- Alexeiequivalent
- Alejoderivative · Spanish
- Alexeyequivalent
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- Alekseyequivalent
- Alekseiderivative
- Aleksiderivative · Finnish
- AleksejSlovene
- Aleksyderivative · Polish
- Aleixdescendant · Catalan
- Aleksisderivative · Latvian, Finnish
- Aleksijequivalent
- Aleksejusequivalent
- Алексейcognate · Russian
- Олексаcognate · Ukrainian
- Олексійcognate · Ukrainian
- Aleixodescendant · Portuguese, Galician
- Aleksejscognate · Latvian
- Leshderivative · Albanian
- Oleksiiequivalent
- Олексі́йUkrainian
- Олексейudm
- Лепщейudm
- Олёшudm
- Очейudm
- Alesci m AlesciuSicilian
- Алекси́йRussian
- Алексе́йRussian
- АлексијMacedonian
- Alèselmo
- 알렉시오스Korean
- アレクシオスJapanese
- Oleksaizh
- ალექსიGeorgian
- AleksoEsperanto
- AlešCzech
- Элекҫейcv
- Але́ксийBulgarian
- Аляксе́йBelarusian
- ԱլեքսիոսArmenian
- أًلِيْكْسArabic
- Алықьсаab
People named Alexius
- Alexius MeinongAustrian philosopher (1853–1920)
- Alexius, Prince of Bentheim and SteinfurtGerman nobleman (1781-1866)
- Alexius Obabu MakoziNigerian theologian and catholic priest (1932–2016)1931–2016
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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