Browse the use examples Alexis name in the great English corpus.

Alexis name definition. This name leapt into the female column via vixen Alexis Carrington on Dynasty in the 1980s. From the Greek name Αλεξις Alexis which meant helper or defender derived from Greek αλεξω alexo to defend to help. Alexi us about whom many legends grew up.

From a Greek word meaning helper See more. A lexis as a girls name also used less commonly as boys name Alexis is pronounced a-LEX-iss. It is of Greek origin and the meaning of Alexis is defender.

Its more popular for girls but its still a widely used boys names and is one of the most popular unisex names in the US today. In Russian Baby Names the meaning of the name Alexis is. Learn the definition of Alexis name.

Alexis is said to have lived in the 4th5th centuries in Edessa an early center of Christianity in Syria. Alexis is an an amazing girl who is beautiful but does not realize it most of the time. Saint Alexis fifth century was a popular saint of Edessa venerated as a man of God.

This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek comic poet and also of several saints. Also form of Alexandra. A female given name transferred from the male name since the 1940s.

Check out the pronunciation synonyms and grammar. Alexis is an ancient male saints name as well as. A wonderfully distinctive name.