Alex

Diminutive of Alexander, Alexis

"defending men"

Updated Sun Nov 02 2025

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Alex Origin and Meaning

Variation of Alexander

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Alex O'Loughlin
Australian actor
Alexander "Alex" Rodriguez
American baseball player
Alexander "Alex" Smith
American football player
Alex Day
musician, vlogger, and entertainer
Alex Pettyfer
English actor.
Alex Turner
vocalist of Arctic Monkeys
Alex Honnold
free soloist in rock climbing
Alexander "Alex" Gaskarth
lead singer and guitarist of American pop,punk band All Time Low
Alex Lee
aka Alex from Target, popular internet meme
Alexander Vail "Alex" Eckstein
American child actor (identical triplet brother of Ben & Caleb)
Alex Brightman
American theatre actor
Alex Shibutani
American ice dancer
Alex Kinsley
American singer of duo "Alex & Sierra"
Alex Terranova
American YouTuber of duo "Sierra and Alex"
Alex Johnson
American musician of rock band "The Cab"
Alex Lange
American YouTuber
Alex Smith
British YouTuber, member of HATfilms
Alex Carter
Canadian actor
Alex Høgh Andersen
Danish actor
Alex Kapranos
English vocalist and guitarist of rock band "Franz Ferdinand"

Alex Karev
medical staff from "Greys Anatomy"
Alex Rider
teen spy from the "Alex Rider" adventure book series and movie "Storm Breaker"
Alex
protagonist in 'A Clockwork Orange"
Alex Sheathes
character from "Delirium" trilogy
Alex Krychek
character from TV series "The X Files"
Alex Stewart
character from movie "Love, Rosie" played by Sam Claflin
Alex Louis Armstrong
character in manga/anime, 'Fullmetal Alchemist'
Alex Stowe
character in the book series, The Unwanteds
Alex Santiago
character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
Alex Leoni
character on TV's "Alex & Co."
Alex aka "Razor"
a character from "The 5th Wave" book series by Rick Yancey
Alistair "Alex" Turner
"London Spy"
Alex Rover
fictional male character from "Nim's Island"
Alex Fierro
gender,fluid character in Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase series
Alex Noa
the protagonist of the game Lunar: The Silver Star
Alex Miller
character of the movie "Don't Breathe"
Alex Wilder
character in Marvel's Runaway comics
"Alex & Sierra"
American pop duo
Alex Woods
character from Netflix's "Greenhouse Academy"
Alejandro "Alex" Fuentes
main character of Simone Elkeles's "Perfect Chemistry"
Alex
character in the video game "Stardew Valley"