Ancient Greek origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “defender”
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Алексии (Aleksii), ultimately derived from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξιος (Aléxios, “defender”).
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- Wiktionary: AleksejusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
