Alexis

ah-LEX-ee

Greek

"defender"

Alexis Origin and Meaning

The name Alexis is a girl's name of English, Greek origin meaning "defender".

Alexis, a one-time exclusively-boys’ name, was more popular than its sister Alexandra for quite a while, but in recent years Alexandra has overtaken it once again. Alexis was a Top 20 girls’ name from 1994-2010 but has experienced a decline in popularity in recent years, though now it's one of the top unisex names.

Alexis zoomed to popularity following the introduction of the Dynasty character Alexis Carrington in the 1980s – which gave it a sleek image – and was quite popular throughout the 90s and 2000s, peaking at the third most popular girls’ name in 1999.

One of the few notable female pre-Carrington Alexises was 1940s actress Alexis Smith, who had some minimal impact on the name, which entered the list in 1943. A current bearer is Alexis Bledel, who played Rory on Gilmore Girls and currently stars on The Handmaid's Tale.

Alexis Rank in US Top 1000

# 506 in the US

Alexis Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 955 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Alexis

• 506 US 2024
• 955 Nameberry 2025
• 49 Unisex 2023
• 795 England 2023
• 90 Scotland 2014
• 58 Australia 2018
• 73 New Zealand 2018
• 389 Germany 2016

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Famous People Named Alexis

• (Kimberly) Alexis Bledel American actress
• Alexis Merizalde Knapp American actress
• Alexis "Lexi" Thompson American golfer
• Alexis Marie "Lexi" Nucklos Allen American gospel singer
• Alexis Jordan American singer
• Alexis Arquette (born Robert Arquette) American actress
• Alexis "Faith" Ford American actress
• Alexis Cohen American singer
• Alexis Texas American actress
• Alexis German singer
• Alexis (Ebert) American country music singer
• Alexis Gabrielle Dziena American actress
• Alexis Skye American model
• Gladys "Alexis" Smith Canadian actress
• Alexis "Ali" Wallace American beauty queen; Miss Oregon 2015
• Alexis Christine Neiers American reality TV personality
• Alexis Genevieve Zall American YouTuber
• Alexis Gilbert "Lexie" Stewart American radio and TV host; daughter of lifestyle guru Martha Stewart
• Alexis Kalehoff American actress; daughter of composer Edd Kalehoff and actress Andrea McArdle
• Alexis Danson (b. 1985) daughter of actor Ted Danson
• Alexis Rodman (b. 1988) daughter of basketball player Dennis Rodman
• Alexis Payne (b. 1998) daughter of basketball player Kenny Payne
• Alexis Ileana Lowell (b. 2001) daughter of baseball player Mike Lowell
• Alexis Faith Gosselin (b. 2004) daughter of Jon and Kate Gosselin
• Alexis McNabb (b. 2004) daughter of NFL player Donovan McNabb
• Alexis Elaine O'Connor (b. 2007) daughter of TV personality Kevin O'Connor
• Alexis Kerry Altman (b. 2017) daughter of American real estate agent, real estate investor, and reality television personality Josh Altman
• Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. (b. 2017) Daughter of athlete Serena Williams & Alexis Ohanian
• Alexis Ren (b. 1996) Internet Celebrity Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model

The name Alexis in Pop Culture

• Alexis Castle daughter of Castle on TV's "Castle"
• Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan character on TV's "Dynasty"
• Alexis Meade character on TV's "Ugly Betty"
• Alexis Halstead character in "The Watch Gods" by Barbara Wood
• Alexis Rhodes character on anime "Yu,Gi,Oh!"
• Alexis Glenn character on TV's "Famous in Love"
• Alexis character on TV's "Into the Dark"
• Alexis Rose character on TV's "Schitt's Creek"
• Alexis "Lex" Logan character on Netflix's "Away"

International Variations of the name Alexis

• Alessia Italian