Given name
Alyosha
In Russian use, Alyosha is used as an affectionate form of Aleksei.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Russian use, Alyosha is used as an affectionate form of Aleksei.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alyosha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alyosha’s family of names
Alyosha is an affectionate form of Aleksei. In English usage, Alyosha has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Алёша.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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