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Alexis

//əˈlɛks.ɪs// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Ancient Greek.

    "To the maid of his choice, / With a heart palpitating, / Comes Alexis the brave."

  2. 2
    A female given name from Ancient Greek, transferred from the male name and used since the 1940s.

    "He wondered how parents who had named their daughter Alexis could possibly have known she'd turn out to be such a beauty."

Etymology

From French Alexis, from Latin Alexis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”).

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