Alexius

English

Etymology

Latin form of Ancient Greek Αλέξιος (Aléxios) or Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”).

Proper noun

Alexius

A male given name.

Usage notes

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

Related terms

Translations

male given name

Armenian: Ալեքսիոս (Alekʿsios)
Belarusian: Аляксе́й (Aljaksjéj)
Chuvash: Элекçей (Elekçej)
Czech: Aleš (cs) m, Alexej m
Dutch: Alexius
Estonian: Aleks (et)
Finnish: Aleksi (fi), Aleksis (fi)
French: Alexis (fr)
Galician: Aleixo (gl)

German: Alexius (de)
Greek: Αλέξιος (el) (Aléxios)
Hungarian: Alex (hu)
Italian: Alessio (it)
Latin: Alexius
Polish: Aleksiej m
Portuguese: Aleixo (pt)
Russian: Алексе́й (ru) (Alekséj)
Spanish: Alejo (es)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αλέξιος (Aléxios) or Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈlek.si.us/, [aˈɫɛk.si.ʊs]

Proper noun

Alexius m (genitive Alexiī); second declension

A male given name.

Inflection

Second declension.

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

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

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