# Alexis (given name)

Alexis is a given name of Greek origin. Like the name Alexander, Alexis derives from the Greek verb: ἀλέξειν, romanized: aléxein, lit. 'defend'.
While the name is traditionally male, it has been predominantly given to females in the United States since at least the 1940s, when actress Alexis Smith began appearing in films. It has been among the top 50 most popular names for girls in the United States since 1990. In the 2008 book 5-Star Baby Name Advisor, author Bruce Lansky writes that the girls' name has the image of a "sexy and seductive knockout." The increase in popularity of the name is sometimes attributed to the notable character Alexis Colby from the American television series Dynasty. A 1978 film, Ice Castles, featured as the main character a blind figure skater named Alexis "Lexie" Winston.
Aleksi, a Finnish variant, was the third most popular name for boys born in Finland in 2007. Alessia, an Italian feminine variant, was the second most common name for girls born in Italy in 2006. Alesia, a feminine variant, and Aleksio, a masculine variant, are currently popular names for boys and girls in Albania.

## Masculine variants

* Aleksi, Aleksis (Finnish)
* Aleksis (Latvian)
* Alexis, Alex (Indonesian)
* Aleix (Catalan)
* Aleixo (Galician), (Portuguese)
* Alejo (Spanish)
* Алексей (Alexei, Alexey, Aleksei, Aleksey), Алексий (Alexiy), Алёша (Alyosha), Лёша (Lyosha) (Russian)
* Алекси, Aleksi (Bulgarian)
* ალექსი, Aleksi (Georgian)
* Aleks (Albanian)
* Aleksije, Aleksej (Serbian), (Croatian)
* Aleksy (Polish)
* Aleš (Czech), (Slovene)
* Alessio (Italian)
* Alexis (Spanish), (English), (French)
* Αλέξιος (Alexios), Αλέξης (Alexis) (Greek)
* Alexius (Latin)
* Elek (Hungarian)
* Lex (English)
* Олексій (Oleksii, Oleksiy), Олекса (Oleksa) (Ukrainian)

## Feminine variants

* Aleja (Spanish)
* Alesia (Albanian)
* Aleksa (Polish)
* Alexa (English, Indonesian)
* Alexia (English), (Galician), (German), (Greek), (Spanish), (French)
* Алекса (Aleksa, Alexa) (Russian)
* Aléxia (Portuguese)
* Alexina (English)
* Alexis (English)
* Elexis (English)
* Lexa (English)
* Lexia (English)
* Lexi (English)
* Lexie (English)
* Lexis (English)
* Lexus (English)
* Lexy (English)

## People

* Alexis Agrafiotis (born 1970), German-Greek composer, conductor and pianist
* Alexis Akrithakis (1939–1994), Greek artist
* Alexis Alexandris (born 1968), Greek footballer
* Alexis Alexiou (born 1963), Greek footballer
* Alexis Alexopoulos (born 1971), Greek sprinter
* Alexis Alexoudis (born 1972), Greek footballer
* Alexis Apostolopoulos (born 1991), Greek footballer
* Alexis Argüello (1952–2009), Nicaraguan boxer and politician
* Alexis Arquette (1969–2016), American transgender actress and musician, of the Arquette acting family
* Alexis Simon Belle (1674–1734), French portrait artist
* Alexis Bledel (born 1981), American actress
* Alexis Blokhina (born 2004), American tennis player
* Alexis Christoforous (born 1970), American WCBS-TV Wall Street reporter
* Alexis Damianos (1921–2006), Greek, film/theatre and television director
* Alexis Denisof (born 1966), American actor
* Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859), French political thinker and historian
* Alexis Dziena (born 1984), American actress
* Alexis Falekas (born 1976), Greek basketball player and coach
* Alexis Flores (born 1975) Honduran FBI's most wanted fugitive
* Alexis Flores Cucoch-Petraello (born 1980) Chilean footballer
* Alexis Galanos (1940–2019), Cypriot politician
* Alexis Gavrilopoulos (born 1981), Greek footballer
* Alexis Georgoulis (born 1974), Greek actor and politician
* Alexis Giraud-Teulon (1839–1916), French academic, lawyer and translator
* Alexis Gizaro Muvuni, DR Congo politician
* Alexis Hornbuckle (born 1985), American professional basketball player
* Alexis Izard (born 1992), French politician
* Alexis Jordan (born 1992), American singer
* Alexis Jordan (swimmer) (born 1988), Barbadian swimmer
* Alexis Joyce (born 1983), American sprinter
* Alexis Kaufman (born 1991), birth name of American professional wrestler Alexa Bliss
* Alexis Kochan (born 1953), Ukrainian-Canadian musician and composer
* Alexis Korner (1928–1984), British blues musician
* Alexis Kyritsis (born 1982), Greek basketball player
* Alexis Lafrenière (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player
* Alexis Laree (born 1979), stage name of wrestler and country singer Mickie James
* Alexis Lebrun (born 2003), French table tennis player
* Alexis Lewis, American inventor
* Alexis Loizidis (born 1985), Greek footballer
* Alexis Louder, American actress
* Alexis Lykiard (born 1940), British writer of Greek heritage
* Alexis Marshall, American singer, the vocalist for Daughters
* Alexis Mac Allister (born 1998), Argentinian football player
* Alexis Mateo (born 1979), Puerto Rican drag queen
* Alexis Matias (born 1974), Puerto Rican volleyball player
* Alexis Méndez (born 1969), Venezuelan track and road cyclist
* Alexis Michelle (born 1984), American drag queen
* Alexis Minatoya (born 1988), Japanese-Belgian basketball player
* Alexis Minotis (1900–1990), Greek theater actor and director
* Alexis Murphy, American murder victim
* Alexis Navalny (Alexei) (1976-2024), Russian opposition leader
* Alexis Ohanian (born 1983), American internet entrepreneur and investor
* Alexis Panselinos (born 1943), Greek novelist and translator
* Alexis Papahelas (born 1961), Greek investigative journalist and newspaper editor
* Alexis Pinturault, French alpine skier and Olympic medalist
* Alexis Ríos (born 1981), Puerto Rican baseball player
* Alexis Rojas (born 1972), Colombian road cyclist
* Alexis Rojas (footballer) (born 1996), Paraguayan footballer
* Alexei Romanov (disambiguation), various members of the Romanov family
* Alexis Ruano Delgado (born 1985), Spanish footballer
* Alexis Rykov (1891–1938), Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1930
* Alexis Sánchez (born 1988), Chilean footballer
* Alexis Sánchez (athlete) (born 1971), Spanish athlete
* Alexis Shifflett (born 1996), American sitting volleyball player
* Alexis Skye (born 1974), American model
* Alexis Smith (1921–1993), Canadian-born American actress
* Alexis Smith (1949–2024), American artist
* Alexis Spyridonidis (born 1995), Greek basketball player
* Alexis Stamatis (born 1960), Greek novelist, playwright and poet
* Alexis Stenvall (1834–1872), Finnish author
* Alexis Suárez Martín (born 1974), Spanish footballer
* Alexis Texas (born 1985), American porn actress
* Alexis Tipton (born 1989), American voice actress
* Alexis Tsipras (born 1974), Greek politician
* Alexis Valido (born 1976), Spanish volleyball player

### Middle name

* Tonea Alexis Marshall (born 1998)Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets, American hurdler
* Raúl Alexis Ortiz (born 1982), half of the Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Alexis & Fido

### Fictional characters

* Alexis Colby, played by Joan Collins on the 1980s prime time soap opera Dynasty
* Alexis Kerib, in the anime series SSSS.Gridman
* Alexis Meade, played by Rebecca Romijn on the American television series Ugly Betty
* Alexis Castle, played by Molly Quinn on the American crime drama television series Castle
* Alexis Leonides, a Greek writer who features in Geoffrey Trease's novels The Hills of Varna and The Crown of Violet
* Alexis Rhodes, a main character in the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, voiced by Priscilla Everett and Emlyn Morinelli McFarland
* Alexis Thi Dang, in the Transformers Unicron Trilogy, voiced by Tabitha St. Germain
* Alexis Zorbas, the protagonist of Zorba the Greek
* Alexis Rose, played by Annie Murphy on the Canadian sitcom Schitt's Creek
* Alexis the Giraffe from Jim Henson's Animal Show, a female giraffe guest voiced by Karen Prell