Alexius

English

Etymology

From Latin Alexius, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξιος (Aléxios) or Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”).

Proper noun

Alexius

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Usage notes

• Name of a fifth century saint, famous in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Rare in English in this form.

Related terms

• Alex
• Alexis
• Alexia

Translations

male given name

Abkhaz: Алықьса (Aləkʲsa) Armenian: Ալեքսիոս (Alekʻsios) Belarusian: Аляксе́й m (Aljaksjéj) Bulgarian: Але́ксий m (Aléksij) Catalan: Aleix (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 阿歷克塞 / 阿历克塞 (Ālìkèsāi), 阿萊克修斯 / 阿莱克修斯 (Āláikèxiūsī), 亞歷克修斯 / 亚历克修斯 (Yàlìkèxiūsī) Chuvash: Элекҫей (Elekśej) Czech: Aleš (cs) m, Alexej (cs) m Dutch: Alexius m Esperanto: Alekso Estonian: Aleks (et) Finnish: Aleksi (fi), Aleksis (fi) French: Alexis (fr) m Galician: Aleixo (gl) Georgian: ალექსი (aleksi) German: Alexius (de) Greek: Αλέξιος (el) (Aléxios) Hungarian: Alex (hu) Ingrian: Oleksa Italian: Alessio (it) m Japanese: アレクシオス (Arekushiosu) Korean: 알렉시오스 (Alleksioseu) Latin: Alexius m Lombard: Alèse m Macedonian: Алексиј m (Aleksij) Polish: Aleksy (pl) m Portuguese: Aleixo (pt) m Russian: Алексе́й (ru) (Alekséj), Алекси́й (ru) m (Aleksíj) (older form) Sicilian: Alesci m Alesciu m Slovene: Aleksej m Spanish: Alejo (es) m, Alexis (es) m Udmurt: Очей (Oćej), Олёш (Oľoš), Лепщей (Ľepščej), Олексей (Oľekśej) Ukrainian: Олексі́й (uk) m (Oleksíj)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλέξιος (Aléxios), from Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “guard, protect”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈɫɛk.si.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈlɛk.si.us]

Proper noun

Alexius m sg (genitive Alexiī or Alexī); second declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Alexius
genitive	Alexiī Alexī1
dative	Alexiō
accusative	Alexium
ablative	Alexiō
vocative	Alexī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Albanian: Lesh
• Catalan: Aleix
• French: Alexis
• Italian: Alessio
  • → Sicilian: Alessiu
• Portuguese: Aleixo
• Sicilian: Alesciu
• Spanish: Alejo