Alex

Diminutive of Alexandra or Alexis

"defending men"

Alex Origin and Meaning

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

One of the most evenly divided unisex names these days; strong and energetic, if overused, for both genders.

Alex Rank in US Top 1000

# 981 in the US

Alex Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1240 on Nameberry

Alex Popularity

• 1240 Nameberry 2025
• 474 Unique 2022

20 Names Similar to Alex

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Famous People Named Alex

• Alexandrea "Alex" Martin Dean American actress; daughter of actress Whoopi Goldberg and Bernard Dean
• Alex Ruth Aaronson Australian,American soccer player
• Alexandra Elizabeth "Alex" Kingston English actress
• Alexandra Patricia "Alex" Morgan American soccer player
• Alex McCord American reality TV personality ("Real Housewives of New York")
• Alexandra Hetherington "Alex" Breckenridge American actress
• Alex Greenwood English football player
• Alexandra Virina "Alex" Scott English football player
• Alexandria "Alex" Sharpe Irish soprano singer and actress
• Alex Drummond (b. 1997) daughter of "Pioneer Woman" Ree Drummond

Alex in Pop Culture

• Alexandra “Alex” Crane main character from the TV show “Star”
• Alexandra Margarita "Alex" Russo character from Disney's "Wizards of Waverly Place" played by Selena Gomez
• Alex character from "Totally Spies"
• Alex Bailey character from "The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell" by Chris Colfer
• Alex protagonist in "Paranormal Activity 4"
• Alex Mack main character from ''The Secret World of Alex Mack''
• Alex Owens protagonist from ''Flashdance''
• Alex Forrest character from ''Fatal Attraction''
• Alexandra "Alex" Vause character from Netflix original show "Orange is the New Black"
• Alex Roper from movie "Train" played by Thora Birch
• Alex character in "Beautiful" by Amy Reed
• Alex character from Disney's "Twitches"
• Alex Meyers from TV series "Bent"
• Alex Kerkovich character from series "Happy Endings"
• Dr. Alex Blake a character on "Criminal Minds"
• Alexandra Anastasia "Alex" Dunphy character on 'Modern Family'
• Alex Walker protagonist of novel 'Small Blue Thing'
• Alex default female avatar from Minecraft
• Alexandra "Alex" Danvers adoptive sister of Kara Danvers aka Supergirl in CW's show Supergirl
• Alex Fierro gender,fluid character from Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase series
• Alexandra "Alex" Rover character from "Nim's Island"
• Agent Alex Parrish from TV's "Quantico"
• Alexandra "Alex" Cabot character from TV show "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit"