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Alexis

Unisex NameGerman Origin

Meaning

From the Greek name Αλεξις (Alexis), which meant "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek αλεξω (a

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Name Personality

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Adventure

Famous People Named Alexis

Alexis Thérèse Petit

Alexis Thérèse Petit (; 2 October 1791, Vesoul, Haute-Saône – 21 June 1820, Paris) was a French physicist.

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Alexis Paulin Paris

Alexis Paulin Paris (25 March 180013 February 1881) was a French scholar and author.

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Alexis A. Gilliland

Alexis Arnaldus Gilliland (born August 10, 1931 in Bangor, Maine) is an American science fiction writer and cartoonist.

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Alexis Brandeker

Alexis Brandeker (born May 18, 1974) is a Swedish astronomer at the Stockholm Observatory and discoverer of minor planets.

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Alexis Boyer

Alexis Boyer (1 March 175723 November 1833) was a French surgeon, born in Corrèze.

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Alexis in Other Languages

Ancient GreekAlexios
Ancient GreekAlexius
BelarusianAleksei
BelarusianAleksey
BelarusianAlexei
CatalanAleix
CzechAleš
CzechAlexej
EnglishAlexia
EnglishAlexina
EnglishAlexus

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