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Baby names alexis. 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. How popular was it historically. Saint Alexandra was a martyr of the Diocletianic persecutions.

No one mentioned the connection from the 90s onwards though. In American Baby Names the meaning of the name Alexis is. The name Alexis is a girls name of English Greek origin meaning defender.

More common as a girls name. American Names Australian Names Canadian Names English Names French Names German Names Greek Names New Zealand Names Unisex Names. It is a feminine form of Alexander.

I was born in the late 70s so I put up with the occasional Dynasty joke in the 80s. Also used as a girls name Alexis Old Greek origins mean defender or defender of men. See what 1 person thinks about Alexis.

Derived from the Greek alexo Alexis means defender. Baby Name Boy Alexis. In the French origin Alexis means Protector of mankind.

While the Greek Alexandros means more specifically protector of mankind Alexis means more plainly to protect ward off defend keep away. What does the name Alexis mean. Derived from the Greek alexein to defend to help.