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Alexei

OriginRussian, Greek
Meaning"defending men"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · girlsUnranked

Below 5 births

US rank · boys#3245

2025 SSA

About Alexei

Alexei could well join the legion of Alex names popular in the US. There are countless opportunities to liven up Alexander, and Alexei (or Alexey) is one of the most straightforward and appealing.

Alexei is also given to girls.

Pronounced al-ik-SAY.

As of October 2026, Alexei ranked #13680 in US births in 2022 SSA, peaked at #7555 in 1998.

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    Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist and Nobelist

  • Alexei Nikolaevich RomanovBoy

    Tsarevich of Russia, son of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra

  • Alexei Fernando RamirezBoy

    Cuban baseball player

  • Alexei Anatolievich NavalnyBoy

    Russian lawyer, politician and activist

  • Alexei Nikolayevich KosyginBoy

    Russian Soviet politician

  • Alexei David SayleBoy

    English comedian

  • Alexei Eremenko (born Aleksei Alekseyevich Yeryomenko)Boy

    Russian,Finnish footballer

  • Alexei Konstantinovich YagudinBoy

    Russian figure skater

  • Alexei Vyacheslavovich "Alex" KovalevBoy

    Russian ice hockey player

  • Alexei Andreyevich CherepanovBoy

    Russian ice hockey player

Alexei in pop culture

  • Alexei Vronsky and Alexei KareninBoy

    lover and husband for Anna Karenina

  • Alexei MarkovicBoy

    character in HER Interactive video game "Alibi in Ashes"

  • Alexei 'Alyosha' KaramazovBoy

    main character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Brothers Karamazov"

  • Alexei de QuincyBoy

    character in Cassandra Clare's "The Infernal Devices" book trilogy series.

  • Dr. AlexeiBoy

    character in season 3 of "Stranger Things"

  • Alexei Grigoryevich RozanovBoy

    Character in the TV series "Heated Rivalry"

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