Alexey
Alexey (Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a Russian male given name derived from the Greek Aléxios (Script error: No such module "Lang".), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Alexius.[1][2]
Similar Ukrainian and Belarusian names are romanized as Oleksii (Олексій) and Aliaksiej (Аляксей), respectively.
The Russian Orthodox Church uses the ecclesiastical form, Alexiy or Aleksiy (Script error: No such module "Lang".; pre-1918: Script error: No such module "Lang".), for its Saints and hierarchs (most notably, this is the form used for Patriarchs Alexius I and Alexius II). The name became fairly popular in Russia after the baptism of Michael of Russia's son, Alexis of Russia.[3]
The common hypocoristic (diminutive) is Alyosha (Script error: No such module "Lang".) or simply Lyosha (Script error: No such module "Lang".). These may be further transformed into Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Lyoshka, Lyoha, Lyoshenka (Script error: No such module "Lang"., respectively), sometimes rendered as Alesha or Aleshenka in English.[4] The form Alyosha may be used as a full first name in Bulgaria (Альоша) and Armenia.
In theory, Alexia is the female form. It is, however, almost non-existent in Russian-speaking countries, where Alexandra or Olesya are more common phonetically distinct female names.[5]
The corresponding patronymics are Alexeyevich (male) and Alexeyevna (female).
The following surnames derive from Alexey and its various forms:[6]
- Alexeyev/Alekseyev
- Alexeyevsky
- Alyoshin
- Alyokhin (Alekhine, Alekhin)
- Lyoshin
- Alexeytsev/Alekseytsev/Alekseitsev
- Alexeychuk/Alekseychuk/Alekseichuk
- Alexeychik/Alekseychik/Alekseichik
- Alexeyuk/Alekseyuk
- Alexeyenko/Alekseyenko/Alekseenko
- Alexeychenko/Alekseychenko/Alekseichenko
- Alexievich
People with the given name
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Royalty and historical figures
- Alexis of Russia (1629–1676), Tsar of Russia from 1645 to 1676
- Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (1690–1718), son of Peter I the Great
- Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (1850–1908), son of Tsar Alexander II
- Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia (1875–1895), grandson of Tsar Nicholas I
- Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904–1918), son of Nicholas II, the last Tsesarevich
Modern figures
- Alexey Anselm (1934–1998), Russian theoretical physicist
- Aleksey Batalov (1927–2017), Soviet and Russian actor
- Aleksey Chadov (born 1981), Russian actor
- Alexei Cherepanov (1989–2008), Russian ice hockey player
- Alexei A. Efros (born 1975), American computer scientist
- Alexei L. Efros (born 1938), American physicist
- Alexey Goloborodko (born 1994), Russian dancing contortionist
- Aleksey Inauri (1908–1993), Soviet Georgian commander
- Alexei Kovalev (born 1973), Russian ice hockey player
- Aleksei Kravchenko (born 1969), Russian actor
- Aleksey Kuleshov (born 1979), Russian volleyball player
- Alexei Leonov (1934–2019), Soviet cosmonaut, first person to conduct a space walk
- Alexei Lungu (born 1983), Moldovan politician and journalist
- Alexei Makeyev (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
- Alexei Navalny (1976–2024), Russian politician
- Alexei Nemov (born 1976), Russian Olympic gymnast
- Alexey Pajitnov (born 1955), inventor of the popular puzzle game Tetris
- Alexei Ponikarovsky (born 1980), Ukrainian-Canadian ice hockey player
- Alexei Ramírez (born 1981), Cuban baseball player
- Alexey Rykov (1881–1938), Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician
- Alexei Savrasov (1830–1897), Russian artist
- Alexei Sayle (born 1952), English comedian and author
- Alexey Severtsev (born 1961), Russian doctor
- Alexei Shirov (born 1972), Latvian-Spanish chess Grandmaster
- Alexey Shor (born 1970), American composer
- Alexey Shved (born 1988), Russian basketball player
- Alexei Snegov (1898–1989), Old Bolshevik and Soviet politician
- Alexei Tezikov (1978–2020), Russian ice hockey player
- Aleksey Tolstoy (1883–1945), Russian and Soviet writer
- Alexey Vishnya (born 1964), Russian musician
- Alexei Yagudin (born 1980), Russian figure skater
Fictional characters
- Alyosha Karamazov, in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov
- Alexey Sitsevich, in the Marvel universe
Folklore
- Alyoshenka, a mummified body found in the village of Kaolinovy, Russia, famously rumored to be an alien
See also
- Alexeyev, a surname derived from the name
- Alexeyevka, a common Russian place name
- Alexi
- Aleksi
- Alexie
References
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