What does Alex mean?

Alex means "defender of men"

How do we pronounce Alex?

Alex \a-lex, al-ex\ is a boy's name. It consists of 4 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Alex is sometimes used as a baby name girl name. Its pronunciation is in Dutch as AALahKS or in English as AELahKS 1.

1 Pronunciation for Alex: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)"

What is the origin of Alex?

Alex is used predominantly in the English and German languages, and it is derived from Old Greek origins. Alex is a contraction of the name name Alexander (Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic). See also the related form, what does the name Alexa mean. Alex is a popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity jumped from the 1950s up to the 1990s. Its usage peaked modestly in 1993 with 0.370% of baby boys being given the name Alex. Its ranking then was #52. The baby name has since declined in popularity. In 2010, its usage was 0.217% and its ranking #93. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Alex, baby name Alexander was the most widely used. In 2010, its use outnumbered Alex's by 4 times. In the past century Alex has predominantly been a baby boy name. In 2004, 27 times as many baby boys than girls were given the name Alex.

The following famous people share the name Alex:

  • Author Alex Comfort, born 10 February 1920 - 26 March 2000, London, England
  • Author Alex Haley, born 11 August 1921 - 10 February 1992, Ithaca, New York
  • Baseball Player Alex Rodriguez, born Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez, 27 July 1975, New York, New York
  • Game Show Host Alex Trebek, born 22 July 1940, Ontario, Canada.

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The baby name Alex fun facts:

The name Alex in reverse order is "Xela".

The numerological value of the name Alex is number 6, which means responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, sympathy.

How popular is Alex?

Alex is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.17%
20130.19%
20120.20%
20110.21%
20100.23%
20090.26%
20080.26%
20070.30%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames