Meaning of name Alexis

The name Alexis 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, Alexis is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 135 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Alexis fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 17 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 186 in the Top 1000 charts.

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

The name Alexis 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 Alexis and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Alexis: 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 Alexis 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 Alexis should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

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

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

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