AljoŠA
Slovene and Croatian form of ALYOSHA.
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| ALEKSEY male Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian Russian form of ALEXIS. This was the name of a 17th-century czar of Russia. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||||||
| FULL FORMS |
| SLOVENE: Aleksej |
| EQUIVALENTS |
| 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, Aleš, Aljoša |
| SPANISH: Alejo |
| UKRAINIAN: Aleks, Aleksei, Aleksey, Alexei, Alexey, Oleksiy, Oles, Olexiy |
| FEMININE FORMS |
| ENGLISH: Alexia, Alexina, Alexis, Alexus, Lexi, Lexia, Lexie, Lexine, Lexus, Lexy |
| FRENCH: Alexia |
| ITALIAN: Alessia |
| OTHER FORMS |
| ANCIENT GREEK: Alexis |