What does Alex mean?

Alex means "defender of men"

How do we pronounce Alex?

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

The baby girl name Alex used as a boy name pronounciation, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced AALahKS (Dutch) or AELahKS (English) 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 has its origins in the Old Greek language and it is used largely in English. Alex is a contracted form of the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish name Alexandra origin. See also the related forms, the English, German, Greek, Hungarian, and Spanish short names for Alexa and the English, Greek, and French what does the name Alix mean.

List of baby names that sound like Alex:

the Gaelic meaning of Aalish, the Dutch, Frisian, and German Aaltje meaning, the English name Alcee meaning, the English nicknames for Alcie, the name Alecxis meaning, the name meaning of Aleece, the Russian name Aleks origin, the Czech what does the name Ales mean, the name name Alexas, the name Alexes definition, the English Alexys meaning, the Czech, English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Scandinavian name Alice meaning, the name nicknames for Aliks, the name Alique definition, the Armenian, English, and Welsh name Alis meaning, the name name Alishay origin, the name Alisse pronounciation, the Hungarian short names for Alisz, the English, Greek, and French baby name Alix, and the name Alixe definition.

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.

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Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames