Alexei

ah-lek-SAY

Russian, Greek

"defending men"

Alexei Origin and Meaning

Variation of Alexander

Alexei Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 3768 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Alexei

• 1321 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Alexei

• Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist and Nobelist
• Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov Tsarevich of Russia, son of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra
• Alexei Fernando Ramirez Cuban baseball player
• Alexei Anatolievich Navalny Russian lawyer, politician and activist
• Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin Russian Soviet politician
• Alexei David Sayle English comedian
• Alexei Eremenko (born Aleksei Alekseyevich Yeryomenko) Russian,Finnish footballer
• Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin Russian figure skater
• Alexei Vyacheslavovich "Alex" Kovalev Russian ice hockey player
• Alexei Andreyevich Cherepanov Russian ice hockey player

The name Alexei in Pop Culture

• Alexei Vronsky and Alexei Karenin lover and husband for Anna Karenina
• Alexei Markovic character in HER Interactive video game "Alibi in Ashes"
• Alexei 'Alyosha' Karamazov main character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Brothers Karamazov"
• Alexei de Quincy character in Cassandra Clare's "The Infernal Devices" book trilogy series.
• Dr. Alexei character in season 3 of "Stranger Things"