Alexius

Alexius
GenderMale
Language(s)Greek
Other names
See alsoAlexia (female)
Alexey

Alexius is the Latinized form of the given name Alexios (Greek: Αλέξιος, polytonic Ἀλέξιος, "defender", cf. Alexander), especially common in the Byzantine Empire. The female form is Alexia (Greek: Αλεξία) and its variants such as Alessia (the masculine form of which is Alessio) in Italian.

The name belongs to the most ancient attested Greek names (a-re-ke-se-u in the Linear B tablets KN Df 1229 and MY Fu 718).

Rulers

Religious figures

Other

Alexius in other languages

  • English – Alexis, Aleck
  • German – Alexius, Alexis
  • Greek – Αλέξιος [Alexios], Αλέξης [Alexis]
  • French – Alexis
  • Italian – Alessio
  • Spanish – Alejo, Alexis
  • Portuguese – Aleixo
  • Latvian – Alexius, Aleksis, Aleksejs
  • Polnish – Aleksy
  • Czech – Aleš, Alexej
  • Slovak – Aleš
  • Estonian – Aleksei
  • Bulgarian – Алексей [Aleksej]
  • Serbian – Aleksa
  • Finnish – Aleksi, Aleksis
  • Macedonian – Aleksio
  • Georgian – ალექსი, [Aleksi ]
  • Belarusian – Аляксей [Aleksiej]
  • Russian – Алексей [Alexei, Alexey, Aleksei, Aleksey], Алексий [Alexiy], Алёша [Alyosha], Лёша [Lyosha]
  • Ukrainan – Олексій [Oleksii, Oleksiy], Олекса [Oleksa]
  • Hungarian –Elek


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