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Source-reportedMeaning: “helper, defender”
Du latin Alexis.
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- French Wiktionary: AlèxisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Wiktionary: AlexisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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“helper, defender”
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\a.ˈlɛ.t͡sis\ · Occitan
01 / Meaning & origin
Alèxis is recorded as a given name in Wiktionary. It is a form of Alexis, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “helper, defender”.
Meaning: “helper, defender”
Du latin Alexis.
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Alexis— “helper”
The first half of this name, Alexios, a defender, was in use in ancient Greece, where it belonged to a noted sculptor. Its saintly honours did not begin till the fifth century, when a young Roman noble, called Allexius or Alexis, is said to have been so much bent on a monastic life, that being compelled by his parents to marry, he fled away on his wedding day, and lived seventeen years in a convent in Syria; but, finding his reputation for sanctity too much for his humility,…
The first half of this name, Alexios, a defender, was in use in ancient Greece, where it belonged to a noted sculptor. Its saintly honours did not begin till the fifth century, when a young Roman noble, called Allexius or Alexis, is said to have been so much bent on a monastic life, that being compelled by his parents to marry, he fled away on his wedding day, and lived seventeen years in a convent in Syria; but, finding his reputation for sanctity too much for his humility, he came home in guise of a poor pilgrim, and spent another seventeen years as a beggar maintained on the scraps of his father’s kitchen, and constantly mocked and misused by the servants, until in his dying moments, he made himself known to his parents. His church at Rome, called St. Alessio, gives a title to a cardinal; and his day, July 17th, is observed by the Greeks as well as the Romans; and yet so strange is his history that it almost seems as if it might have been one of those instances in which an allegory acquired the name of a real saint, and attached itself to him as a legend.…
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter IV (Historical Greek Names Consisting Of Epithets), Section II (Alexander, &c) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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