Given name
Alexys
“helper and defender of mankind”
Alexys is a variant of Alexandra. In Greek use, Alexandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alexys is a variant of Alexandra. In Greek use, Alexandra 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
Alexys through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,544
- 378 boys · 4,166 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 298 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,045 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −62%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 10% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,045 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 273 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,750 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.
Alexys’s family of names
Alexys has a related form in Alexandra.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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