Alex
Diminutive of Alexandra or Alexis
"defending men"Share
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Updated Thu Apr 18 2024
Alex Origin and Meaning
The name Alex is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "defending men".
One of the most evenly divided unisex names these days; strong and energetic, if overused, for both genders.
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Alex Popularity
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Famous People Named Alex
- Alexandrea "Alex" Martin DeanAmerican actress; daughter of actress Whoopi Goldberg and Bernard Dean
- Alex Ruth AaronsonAustralian,American soccer player
- Alexandra Elizabeth "Alex" KingstonEnglish actress
- Alexandra Patricia "Alex" MorganAmerican soccer player
- Alex McCordAmerican reality TV personality ("Real Housewives of New York")
- Alexandra Hetherington "Alex" BreckenridgeAmerican actress
- Alex GreenwoodEnglish football player
- Alexandra Virina "Alex" ScottEnglish football player
- Alexandria "Alex" SharpeIrish soprano singer and actress
- Alex Drummond (b. 1997)daughter of "Pioneer Woman" Ree Drummond
Alex in Pop Culture
- Alexandra “Alex” Cranemain character from the TV show “Star”
- Alexandra Margarita "Alex" Russocharacter from Disney's "Wizards of Waverly Place" played by Selena Gomez
- Alexcharacter from "Totally Spies"
- Alex Baileycharacter from "The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell" by Chris Colfer
- Alexprotagonist in "Paranormal Activity 4"
- Alex Mackmain character from ''The Secret World of Alex Mack''
- Alex Owensprotagonist from ''Flashdance''
- Alex Forrestcharacter from ''Fatal Attraction''
- Alexandra "Alex" Vausecharacter from Netflix original show "Orange is the New Black"
- Alex Roperfrom movie "Train" played by Thora Birch
- Alexcharacter in "Beautiful" by Amy Reed
- Alexcharacter from Disney's "Twitches"
- Alex Meyersfrom TV series "Bent"
- Alex Kerkovichcharacter from series "Happy Endings"
- Dr. Alex Blakea character on "Criminal Minds"
- Alexandra Anastasia "Alex" Dunphycharacter on 'Modern Family'
- Alex Walkerprotagonist of novel 'Small Blue Thing'
- Alexdefault female avatar from Minecraft
- Alexandra "Alex" Danversadoptive sister of Kara Danvers aka Supergirl in CW's show Supergirl
- Alex Fierrogender,fluid character from Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase series
- Alexandra "Alex" Rovercharacter from "Nim's Island"
- Agent Alex Parrishfrom TV's "Quantico"
- Alexandra "Alex" Cabotcharacter from TV show "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit"