Alex

Diminutive of Alexander, Alexis

"defending men"

Alex Origin and Meaning

The name Alex is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "defending men".

The independent Alex has become a classic in its own right. One of the truest unisex names, Alex is used almost equally for both sexes. Alex is used both on its own and as a short form of formal names of both genders, such as Alexander, Alexandra, and Alexis.

Alex Rank in US Top 1000

# 202 in the US

Alex Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 385 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Alex

• 202 US 2023
• 385 Nameberry 2025
• 198 Canada 2022
• 152 England 2023
• 135 Scotland 2024
• 36 Ireland 2024
• 9 Australia 2015
• 96 New Zealand 2018
• 195 Germany 2016
• 154 Netherlands 2015
• 22 Spain 2023
• 97 Portugal 2014
• 187 Mexico 2021
• 94 Sweden 2015
• 45 Iceland 2018
• 76 Belgium 2020
• 153 Switzerland 2023
• 33 Hungary 2023
• 83 Poland 2024
• 82 Slovenia 2023
• 100 Cats 2021

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Famous People Named Alex

• 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"

The name Alex in Pop Culture

• 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"

International Variations of the name Alex

• Olek Polish
• Alek Russian