Meaning of name Alex

The name Alex has the following meaning:

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

As a baby boy name, Alex is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 62 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Alex rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 1 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 83 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Alex in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Alex is very likely a(n) Greek variant of the name Alexander. See other suggested Greek baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Alexander.

The following names are baby names related to Alex and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Alex: Boys - Griffin, Homer, Mathias, Oceanus, Sanders, Girls - Calla, Crystal, Daria, Dionysia, Elliana, Iphigenia, Metta, Penelope, Philomena, Tiffany, Both genders - Agnes, Alpha, Andra, Andrew, Angel, Barbara

The name Alex is a variant of Alexander. Other popular variants of the name Alexander are: Alasdair, Alec (English), Alecsander, Alejandro (Spanish), Alessandro (Italian), Alex, Alexan, Alexandar, Alexandre (French), Alexandro, Alexandru (Romanian), Alexio (Portugese), Alexis, Alexsander, Alexzander, Alisander, Alistair (Scottish), Alixander, Alsandare, Lex, Sandor (Hungarian), Sandro, Sandy, Xan, Xander (Dutch), Zander (English)

We think the name Alex should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

See other Everlasting names

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Alex to be: An influential and highly intelligent chap

In one word, you might describe Alex as a(n) "influential" person.

See other "influential" names for boys and girls.