Lexia

  • [ LEKS-ee-ə, LEKS-yə ]
  • English
Short form of ALEXIA.

ALEXIA   female   French, English (Modern)
Feminine form of ALEXIS.
ALEXIS   male & female   German, French, English, Greek, Ancient Greek
From the Greek name Αλεξις (Alexis), which meant "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, to help". This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek comic poet, and also of several saints. It is used somewhat interchangeably with the related name Αλεξιος or Alexius, borne by five Byzantine emperors. In the English-speaking world it is more commonly used as a feminine name.
FULL FORMS
ENGLISH: Alexia, Alexis, Alexus
EQUIVALENTS
ENGLISH: Alexina, Lexi, Lexie, Lexine, Lexus, Lexy
FRENCH: Alexia
ITALIAN: Alessia
MASCULINE FORMS
ANCIENT GREEK: Alexios, Alexius
BELARUSIAN: Aleksei, Aleksey, Alexei, Alexey, Aliaksei
CATALAN: Aleix
CROATIAN: Aljoša
CZECH: Aleš, Alexej
FINNISH: Ale, Aleksi
FRENCH: Alexis
GALICIAN: Aleixo
GERMAN: Alexis
GREEK: Alexis
HUNGARIAN: Elek
ITALIAN: Alessio
MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Aleksi
POLISH: Aleksy
PORTUGUESE: Aleixo
RUSSIAN: Aleks, Aleksei, Aleksey, Alexei, Alexey, Alyosha, Lyosha
SLOVAK: Aleš, Alexej
SLOVENE: Aleks, Aleksej, Aleš, Aljoša
SPANISH: Alejo
UKRAINIAN: Aleks, Aleksei, Aleksey, Alexei, Alexey, Oleksiy, Oles, Olexiy
OTHER FORMS
ANCIENT GREEK: Alexis