Help on middle name for Alexis.

Alexis baby name. Alexis Origin and Meaning The name Alexis is a girls name of English Greek origin meaning defender. Meaning Form of the Old French Adelais from the Germanic adelheidis meaning noble and light. Our baby will most likely be called Alexandra nn Alex so we have similar taste I like Alexis and would definitely think girl.

From the Greek name Αλεξις Alexis which meant helper or defender derived from Greek αλεξω alexo to defend to help. From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman. The name Alexis is primarily a gender-neutral name of Russian origin that means Defender Of The People.

See what 1 person thinks about Alexis. A form of Alexius. It is used somewhat interchangeably with the related name Αλεξιος or Alexius borne by five Byzantine emperors.

This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek comic poet and also of several saints. Derived from the Greek alexein to defend to help. French and Spanish speakers see Alexis as masculine too.

The only thing that puts me off it is its the name of a surgical retractor sometimes used at c section. Mark Cuban has a daughter named Alexis as do former football star Donovan McNabb and reality TV parents Kate and Jon Gosselin. Looking for the perfect name.

Alexis a one-time exclusively- boys name was more popular than its sister Alexandra for quite a while but in recent years Alexandra has overtaken it once again. In the 1980s Dynasty established Alexis as a glittering choice for girls and shed reach the US Top Ten in the late 1990s. Hubby likes Alexis Isabella Anyone got any ideas.