Alexis

See also: alexis

English

Etymology

From French Alexis, from Latin Alexis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈlɛks.ɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛksɪs

Proper noun

Alexis (plural Alexises)

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1877 W. S. Gilbert - Arthur Sullivan, The Sorcerer, Act I:

     To the maid of his choice, / With a heart palpitating, / Comes Alexis the brave.

2. A female given name from Ancient Greek, transferred from the male name and used since the 1940s.
   • 1990, Ed McBain, Vespers, Mandarin, published 1991, →ISBN, page 120:

     He wondered how parents who had named their daughter Alexis could possibly have known she'd turn out to be such a beauty.

   • 2005 June 12, Clive Thompson, “Not Ready for Their Close-Up”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 February 2021:

     "It's almost too realistic, too digital and computery," complains Alexis Vogel, a veteran celebrity makeup artist who recently worked on "Stacked," a high-def show starring Pamela Anderson.

Translations

male given name — see Alexius

Anagrams

• lexias

French

Etymology

From the Latin Alexius, a saint's name, from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lɛk.si/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France):

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• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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Proper noun

Alexis m

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Anagrams

• exilas

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈɫɛk.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈlɛk.sis]

Proper noun

Alexis m sg (genitive Alexis or Alexidis); third declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, -in or -em, ablative singular in -ī or imparisyllabic non-i-stem; two different stems), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Alexis
genitive	Alexis Alexidis
dative	Alexī Alexidī
accusative	Alexim Alexin Alexem Alexidem
ablative	Alexī Alexide
vocative	Alexis

Descendants

• French: Alexis
  • → English: Alexis
• Lombard: Alèse

See also

• Alexius

References

• “Alexis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈleɡsis/ [aˈleɣ̞.sis]
• Rhymes: -eɡsis
• Syllabification: A‧le‧xis

Proper noun

Alexis m

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexis