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.

Lex Rank in US Top 1000

# 911 in the US

Lex Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1210 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Lex

• 1210 Nameberry 2025
• 803 Unique 2023
• 171 Netherlands 2015

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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

The name 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