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Male Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Alexis f for the female version.
Usage
Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
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Origin and Meaning
From the Greek name Αλεξις (Alexis), a younger short form of Αλεξιος (Alexios) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Related Names
See Alexius
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Alexis
|
Genitive: |
Alexis'
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Alexis
|
Genitive: |
Alexin / Alexiksen
|
Partitive: |
Alexia / Alexista
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Alexis
|
Genitive: |
Alexis'
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Alexis
|
Genitive: |
Alexis' / Alexis
|
Name Days
 Finland (Swedish Language)
|
10 October
|
Sweden
|
12 December
|
Further Information
Pronunciation
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[8] |
|
883 |
2543 |
216 |
438 |
667 |
2105 |
Finland[9] |
|
n.a. |
712 |
n.a. |
89 |
n.a. |
623 |
Denmark[10] |
|
97 |
n.a. |
35 |
n.a. |
62 |
n.a. |
Iceland[11] |
|
13 |
19 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[12] |
|
119 |
n.a. |
40 |
n.a. |
79 |
n.a. |
Greenland[13] |
|
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only |
&: count of both main and additional first names |
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
Statistics as female name
Recent statistics trend[8][10][12][9]:
Sources: [8] [10] [12] [9]
Statistics as male name
Recent statistics trend[8][10][12][9]:
Sources: [8] [10] [12] [9]
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Alexis (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
- ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)
- ↑ Per Hedelin: Norstedts svenska uttalslexikon (1997)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/