From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.

Alexis name of baby. The name Alexis is primarily a gender-neutral name of Russian origin that means Defender Of The People. Hes part of the Alex family along with Alexander Alexandra and all of their kith and kin. In Greek origin the meaning of name Alexis is.

Alexis started out masculine. Be creative with the name Alexis. Lets get this out of the way.

Derived from the Greek alexein to defend to help. 21 rows Alexis has been used in the United States ever since 1882 with over 411120 girls given the. An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word.

Alex was my 4 year old sons idea from the girl in minecraft and we changed it to Alexis after Alexis Bledel for a seriesmovie and a band reference would be Asking Alexandria. Alexis for a boy or a girl Nameberry. Alexis is technically considered a gender-neutral name although its quite a bit more popular for baby girls in the United States Canada and Australia.

The name is ultimately derived from the Greek alexo αλεξω meaning to help defend. Anacyclics of the first name Alexis. 141 rows However the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1998 with 19778.

Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Alexis. But today Shan has asked that we talk about Alexis for a boy as our Baby Name of the Day. Alexsi Axsiel Lexsia Sixela.