Lex

Diminutive of Alexander
"defending men"

Lex Origin and Meaning

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

Cool short form of Alexander, fresher than Alex and less trendy than Xander... for now.

# 911 in the US

Lex Rank in US Top 1000

# 965 on Nameberry

Lex Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Lex Popularity

Famous People Named Lex

  • Lex Hilliard
    American football player
  • Lex Banning (1921
    1965), Australian lyric poet
  • Lex Barker (1919
    1973), American actor
  • Lex Davison (1923
    1965), Australian racing driver
  • Lex van Delden (1919
    1988), Dutch composer
  • Lex Gigeroff (c. 1962
    2011), Canadian television writer and actor
  • Lex Goudsmit (1913
    1999), Dutch actor
  • Lex Humphries (1936
    1994), jazz drummer
  • Lex Lang (born 1965)
    American voice actor
  • Lex Law
    Scottish former footballer
  • Lex Luger
    ring name of professional wrestler Lawrence Wendell "Larry" Pfohl
  • Lex McLean
    Scottish comedian
  • Lex Schoenmaker
    Dutch former football player and manager
  • Alexander "Lex" Shrapnel
    English actor
  • Lex Staley
    American radio personality of duo Lex and Terry
  • Lex van den Berghe
    American reality TV personality ("Survivor")
  • Alexis ("Lex") Spyros Niarchos (b. 1991)
    son of Daphne Guinness and Spyros Niarchos

Lex in Pop Culture

  • Alexander "Lex" Stockhour
    character in Lauren DeStefano's "The Internment Chronicles"
  • Lex Luthor
    villain in the Superman series
  • Lex Marin
    character on TV series "Flight 29 Down"
  • Alexander "Lex" Lexington
    mutant in Marvel Comics
  • Lex
    character on TV's The Tribe
  • Lex
    character in the game Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (1996)
  • "Lexx
    " TV series about a sentient spaceship named Lexx
  • Lex Mariner
    character in The Christmas Invitation by Trisha Ashley