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Ancient Greek roots
[aˈle(ɪ̯).ʃu] · Portuguese (Brazil)
01 / Meaning & origin
Aleixo is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, Portuguese, Aragonese and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek Ἀλέξιος via Latin.
Inherited from Latin Alexius, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξιος (Aléxios).
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Spain, 2025: 179 male (rank 5072). Documented as a given name in Spanish, Galician.
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03 / By the numbers
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2025–2025 Spelling: ALEIXO
Recorded category male
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Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística · Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | People | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 179 | 5,072 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “ALEIXO” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure people. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-04-23 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
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Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Aleixo— “God helper”
Aleixo, _m._ _Port._ God helper, 85
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
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Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
