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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Short form of Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) 'he who wards off men', i.e. protector, possibly of Hittite origin. Also from Alexius, from the same Ancient Greek first element, "helping, defending". These two origins of Alex are indistinguishable in most languages. The female name has the same root, shortened from Alexandra or the female name Alexis, in some cases also a spelling variant of Alix.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈæ.lɪks/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ælɪks
Proper noun
[edit]Alex
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- 2006, Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn, Black Swan, published 2007, →ISBN, page 81:
- Martin was pretty dull as names went but 'Alex Blake' had a certain dash to it. His publishers hadn't considered Martin's own name to be 'punchy' enough. The pseudonym Alex Blake was chosen after much deliberation, most of which excluded Martin. 'A strong, no-nonsense sort of name', his editor said, 'to compensate'. For what, she didn't say.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 2008, Philip Hensher, The Northern Clemency, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 588:
- 'I had a Christmas card from someone calling herself Alex the year before last,' Daniel said. 'I couldn't think who it was.'
'Oh, yes, she's changed again,' Alice said. 'I never got used to Alexandra, either. It never occurred to me that Sandra was short for Alexandra - anyway, she's Sandra on her birth certificate.'
- A nickname for Alexandria. (city in Egypt)
Translations
[edit]male given name — see Alexius
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Alex
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alex
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Short form of Alexander.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Alex m
- a male given name
References
[edit]- J. van der Schaar, “Woordenboek van voornamen”, Utrecht, Antwerpen 1964, Aula-boeken 176, Uitgeverij Het Spectrum
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Swedish Alex and/or English Alex.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Alex
- a male given name of rare usage, variant of Aleksi
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Alex (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Alex | Alexit | |
genitive | Alexin | Alexien | |
partitive | Alexia | Alexeja | |
illative | Alexiin | Alexeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Alex | Alexit | |
accusative | nom. | Alex | Alexit |
gen. | Alexin | ||
genitive | Alexin | Alexien | |
partitive | Alexia | Alexeja | |
inessive | Alexissa | Alexeissa | |
elative | Alexista | Alexeista | |
illative | Alexiin | Alexeihin | |
adessive | Alexilla | Alexeilla | |
ablative | Alexilta | Alexeilta | |
allative | Alexille | Alexeille | |
essive | Alexina | Alexeina | |
translative | Alexiksi | Alexeiksi | |
abessive | Alexitta | Alexeitta | |
instructive | — | Alexein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Alex is the 143rd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 4,353 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,822 more), and also belongs to 78 female individuals (and as a middle name to 38 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Short form of Alexandre and Alexis or Alexandra, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Alex m or f
- a male or female given name, equivalent to English Alex
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈalɛks/ (most regions)
- IPA(key): /ˈaːlɛks/ (predominant in northern Germany)
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Alex m (proper noun, strong, genitive Alex')
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alex
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Alex
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alex
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Alex | Alexek |
accusative | Alexet | Alexeket |
dative | Alexnek | Alexeknek |
instrumental | Alexszel | Alexekkel |
causal-final | Alexért | Alexekért |
translative | Alexszé | Alexekké |
terminative | Alexig | Alexekig |
essive-formal | Alexként | Alexekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Alexben | Alexekben |
superessive | Alexen | Alexeken |
adessive | Alexnél | Alexeknél |
illative | Alexbe | Alexekbe |
sublative | Alexre | Alexekre |
allative | Alexhez | Alexekhez |
elative | Alexből | Alexekből |
delative | Alexről | Alexekről |
ablative | Alextől | Alexektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Alexé | Alexeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Alexéi | Alexekéi |
Possessive forms of Alex | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Alexem | Alexeim |
2nd person sing. | Alexed | Alexeid |
3rd person sing. | Alexe | Alexei |
1st person plural | Alexünk | Alexeink |
2nd person plural | Alexetek | Alexeitek |
3rd person plural | Alexük | Alexeik |
Icelandic
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Alex m (proper noun, genitive singular Alex)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alex
Declension
[edit]Declension of Alex (sg-only masculine)
indefinite singular | |
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nominative | Alex |
accusative | Alex |
dative | Alex |
genitive | Alex |
Swedish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Alex c (genitive Alex)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alex
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ælɪks
- Rhymes:English/ælɪks/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Ancient Greek
- English terms with quotations
- English female given names
- English female given names from Ancient Greek
- en:City nicknames
- English unisex given names
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish terms spelled with X
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch given names
- Dutch male given names
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑleks
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑleks/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with X
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French nouns with multiple genders
- French given names
- French male given names
- French female given names
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German given names
- German male given names
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛks
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛks/2 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- Hungarian given names
- Hungarian male given names
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic given names
- Icelandic male given names
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names