Alexia
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- [ ə-LEK-see-ə (English) ]
- French, English (Modern)
Feminine form of ALEXIS.
 | ALEXIS male & female German, French, English, Greek, Ancient Greek From the Greek name Αλεξις (Alexis), which meant "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, to help". This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek comic poet, and also of several saints. It is used somewhat interchangeably with the related name Αλεξιος or Alexius, borne by five Byzantine emperors. In the English-speaking world it is more commonly used as a feminine name. | |||||||||||||||||||
| EQUIVALENTS |
| ENGLISH: Alexia, Alexis, Alexus |
| FRENCH: Alexia |
| ITALIAN: Alessia |
| DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
| ENGLISH: Alexina, Lexi, Lexia, Lexie, Lexine, Lexus, Lexy |
| MASCULINE FORMS |
| ANCIENT GREEK: Alexios, Alexius |
| BELARUSIAN: Aleksei, Aleksey, Alexei, Alexey, Aliaksei |
| CATALAN: Aleix |
| CROATIAN: Aljoša |
| CZECH: Aleš, Alexej |
| FINNISH: Ale, Aleksi |
| FRENCH: Alexis |
| GALICIAN: Aleixo |
| GERMAN: Alexis |
| GREEK: Alexis |
| HUNGARIAN: Elek |
| ITALIAN: Alessio |
| MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Aleksi |
| POLISH: Aleksy |
| PORTUGUESE: Aleixo |
| RUSSIAN: Aleks, Aleksei, Aleksey, Alexei, Alexey, Alyosha, Lyosha |
| SLOVAK: Aleš, Alexej |
| SLOVENE: Aleks, Aleksej, Aleš, Aljoša |
| SPANISH: Alejo |
| UKRAINIAN: Aleks, Aleksei, Aleksey, Alexei, Alexey, Oleksiy, Oles, Olexiy |
| OTHER FORMS |
| ANCIENT GREEK: Alexis |