Alex
See also: Alex.
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.
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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
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Danish edit
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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.
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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
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Alex m or f
- a male or female given name, equivalent to English Alex
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German edit
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Alex m (proper noun, strong, genitive Alex')
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alex
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
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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
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alex
Declension edit
declension of Alex
m-s1 | singular | |
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indefinite | ||
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