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Alex
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What Alex means
- Greek short form of Alexander: defender of men
How popular it is
In the top 100 in 3 countries.
Its use is falling over the last ten years.
- no. 7 in Spain (2021)
- no. 13 in Ireland (2017)
- no. 99 in Portugal (2017)
- no. 107 in Chile (2021)
- no. 121 in Denmark (2019)
- no. 125 in Northern Ireland (2025)
- no. 125 in Sweden (2020)
- no. 129 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
In the United States it was most popular around 1990.
Other forms
Names with a similar meaning
Liam William Alexander Ezra Joshua Edward Isaiah Salvador Duarte Guilherme Alexis Sacha
Alex in stories
- Madagascar: Alex the lion, the zoo's star attraction
- Modern Family: Alex Dunphy, the brainy middle child
- Grey's Anatomy: Alex Karev, the surgeon