Alex

Alex. English Pronunciation en /ˈæl.ɪks/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Alex.wav Southern England en /ˈæl.ɪks/ /ˈæl.əks/ GA,CA,AU en ælɪks 2 Etymology 1 en Alexander, from en grc Ἀλέξανδρος 'he who wards off men', i.e. protector, possibly of Hittite origin. Also from en Alexius, from the same Ancient Greek first element, "helping, defending". These two origins of Alex are indistinguishable in most languages. The female name has the same root, a en Alexandra 1 or the female name en Alexis, in some cases also a spelling variant of en Alix. Proper noun + en unisex Ancient Greek. en 2006 w:Kate Atkinson One Good Turn 81 Black Swan 2007 9780552772440 Martin was pretty dull as names went but 'Alex Blake' had a certain dash to it. His publishers hadn't considered Martin's own name to be 'punchy' enough. The pseudonym Alex Blake was chosen after much deliberation, most of which excluded Martin. 'A strong, no-nonsense sort of name', his editor said, 'to compensate'. For what, she didn't say. en 2008 w:Philip Hensher The Northern Clemency 588 HarperCollins 9780007174799 'I had a Christmas card from someone calling herself Alex the year before last,' Daniel said. 'I couldn't think who it was.''Oh, yes, she's changed again,' Alice said. 'I never got used to Alexandra, either. It never occurred to me that Sandra was short for Alexandra - anyway, she's Sandra on her birth certificate.' en Sara Ashley O'Brien and Rachel Metz Palantir files paperwork to go public and reveals it has never turned a profit w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/25/tech/palantir-prospectus 2020-08-25 CEO and cofounder Alex Karp distanced Palantir from other Silicon Valley technology companies in a letter included in the filing, writing that “we seem to share fewer and fewer of the technology sector’s values and commitments.” https://web.archive.org/web/20201125103124/https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/25/tech/palantir-prospectus/ Derived terms en Alexa alexkhomyakovite Alex Hamilton Translations male given name Alexius Etymology 2 en Alexandria. Proper noun en @nickname for:Alexandria major city gov:Suf/Alexandria c/Egypt. Anagrams en aelx Axel Lexa axel axle en unisex given names Danish Proper noun da male Alex Dutch Etymology Short form of nl Alexander. Pronunciation nl /ˈaːlɛks/ nl Nl-Alex.ogg nl Alex Proper noun m nl male References 1964 Finnish Etymology Probably from fi sv Alex and/or fi en Alex. Pronunciation Proper noun fi male rare Aleksi Declension Alex a 0 Statistics dvv_20250813 4588 1923 139 109 42 1239 6 French Etymology Short form of fr Alexandre and fr Alexis or fr Alexandra, ultimately from fr grc -. Pronunciation Proper noun m,f fr male,female Alex Anagrams fr Axel German Pronunciation de /ˈalɛks/ most regions de /ˈaːlɛks/ predominant in northern Germany de De-Alex.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun m,' de male Alex Hungarian hu: Pronunciation hu ɛks 2 hu Alex A lex Proper noun hu proper noun hu male Alex Declension Alexe eAlex ei Icelandic Proper noun @@ is male Alex Declension m.dat- Norwegian Bokmål Alex no Alternative forms nb Aleks Etymology nb Alexander male given name. The female use is likewise clipped from nb Alexandra female given name. Compare da Alex, sv Alex, fi Alex, is Alex and en Alex. Pronunciation nb /ˈalː.ɛks/ nb alːɛks 2 nb Aleks nb A lex Proper noun nb proper noun nb male Latin < Ancient Greek Alex, a short form of nb Alexander. nb female Latin < Ancient Greek Alex, a short form of nb Alexandra. Usage notes nb Alex is used both as an independent given name and as a short form, nickname, or pet form of nb Alexander. The Norwegian name day for nb Alex is 6 January, shared with nb Aslaug and nb Aisha. Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 1,192 men and 135 women in Norway had nb Alex as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.“Navn”, Statistics Norway. References “Alex” in Store norske leksikon “Alex” (male) at Nordic Names “Alex” (female) at Nordic Names Alex no Anagrams nb aelx Axel Swedish Proper noun c sv male Alex Anagrams sv aelx Axel axel