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Alexis name meaning and origin. From the personal name Alexis ultimately from Greek alexios helping defending. Alexander the Great was a 4th century Macedonian king for whom the Egyptian city of Alexandria is named. Search comprehensively and find the name meaning of Alexis and its name origin or of any other name in our database.

Derived from the Greek alexo Alexis means defender. The meaning origin and history of the given name Alexus. Form of the Old French Adelais from the Germanic adelheidis meaning noble and light.

From the Greek name Ἄλεξις Alexis meaning helper or defender derived from Greek ἀλέξω alexo meaning to defend to help. In Greek Baby Names the meaning of the name Alexis is. Form of ALEXANDER - helper and defender of mankind.

Russian diminutive form of Alexander. The meaning of Alexis is Defender of Mankind. Form of the Old French Adelais from the Germanic adelheidis meaning noble and light.

This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek comic poet and also of several saints. Alexis name Astrology and Numerology Talent analysis of Alexis by expression number 7 You are gifted with an analytical mind and an enormous appetite for the answers to lifes hidden questions. Defender of men helper.

The personal name owed its popularity in the Middle Ages to St. Origin of the name Alexis. Alexis Name Meaning and History.