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Alexis
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What Alexis means
- French and Greek defender, helper Christian saint: St Alexius of Rome
How popular it is
Its use is falling over the last ten years.
- no. 44 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
- no. 83 in France (2019)
- no. 146 in Australia (2024)
- no. 148 in Switzerland (2025)
- no. 149 in Chile (2021)
- no. 201 in Portugal (2017)
- no. 246 in New Zealand (2023)
- no. 414 in Sweden (2020)
In the United States it was most popular around 2000.
Other forms
Alexei, Alexios, Alessio, Alexia
Names with a similar meaning
Liam William Alexander Ezra Joshua Alex Edward Isaiah Salvador Duarte Guilherme Sacha
Alexis in stories
- Schitt's Creek: Alexis Rose, the worldly socialite daughter
- Dynasty: Alexis Carrington, the scheming ex-wife