Alexius

English edit

Alexius

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

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)
Italian: Alessio (it) m
Japanese: アレクシオス (Arekushiosu)
Korean: 알렉시오스 (Alleksioseu)
Latin: Alexius 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
Ukrainian: Олексі́й (uk) m (Oleksíj)

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

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

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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