Name profile
Alexis
unisex
This reflects the first name on its own. The full-name report scores the complete combination separately.
Check it with a full name ↓Ancient Greek, from the root alexo meaning 'to defend, to help.'
Why it works
- English speakers will almost certainly pronounce it correctly on the first try
- spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating
Popularity
Uncommon — #513 in the latest U.S. ranking.
Origin & usage
In English-speaking countries Alexis has been more commonly given to girls in recent decades, a shift often attributed to actress Alexis Smith (1921-1993) and to Alexis Colby (also called Alexis Carrington), a central character on the 1980s American soap opera Dynasty.
Documented origin: Ancient Greek, from the root alexo meaning 'to defend, to help.'
How it travels
English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.
Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.
Popularity without panic
Uncommon — #513 in the latest U.S. ranking.
Still uncommon, but no longer unfamiliar.
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Real-world considerations
- Spelling note: Alexus.
- Alexis is a genuinely bigender name in current US usage rather than one gender being a rare or novel variant of the other; both the masculine (classical Greek/Byzantine) and feminine (contemporary US, post-1980s) lines are independently well attested.
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