Given name & surname
Alexy
“helper and defender of mankind”
Alexy is a variant of Alexis. In Greek use, Alexis carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alexy 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 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alexy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 682
- 301 boys · 381 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −47%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 850 as a first name in 2020; 378 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.
Alexy’s family of names
Alexy has a related form in Alexis. In English usage, Alexy has a conventional naming counterpart in the Esperanto form Alejo. In German usage, Alexy as a surname has a related form in Alexander.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alexy
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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