Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a

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and

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

male

first name First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: *World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music * 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and rec ...

deriving from the

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''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin

Alexius Alexius is the Latinized form of the given name Alexios ( el, Αλέξιος, polytonic , "defender", cf. Alexander), especially common in the later Byzantine Empire. The female form is Alexia ( el, Αλεξία) and its variants such as Alessia ...

. Alexey may also be romanized as ''Aleksei'', ''Aleksey'', ''Alexej'', ''Aleksej'', etc. It has been commonly westernized as

Alexis Alexis may refer to: People Mononym * Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet * Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC * Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer * Alexis (comics) (1946–1977 ...

. Similar

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

and Belarusian names are romanized as

Oleksii Oleksii, Oleksiy or OleksiĭALA-LC romanization of Ukrainian. ( uk, Олексі́й, Oleksij ) is a Ukrainian name, Ukrainian male name of Ancient Greek origin. Some people with the given name Oleksiy * Oleksiy Antonov (born 1986), Ukrainian foo ...

(Олексій) and Aliaksiej (Аляксей), respectively. The

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uses the Old Church Slavonic version, Alexiy (Алексiй, or Алексий in modern spelling), for its Saints and hierarchs (most notably, this is the form used for

Patriarch The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certai ...

Alexius I Alexios I Komnenos ( grc-gre, Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός, 1057 – 15 August 1118; Latinized Alexius I Comnenus) was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118. Although he was not the first emperor of the Komnenian dynasty, it was during ...

and Alexius II). The common

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is Alyosha () or simply Lyosha (). These may be further transformed into Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Lyoshka, Lyoha, Lyoshenka (, respectively), sometimes rendered as Alesha/Aleshenka in English. The form Alyosha may be used as a full first name in

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(Альоша) and

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. In theory, Alexia (given name), Alexia is the female form. It is, however, almost non-existent in Russian-speaking countries. A popular Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian female name Olesia/Olesya (given name), Olesya/Alesia (disambiguation), Alesia/Alesya (disambiguation), Alesya is one possible form. The patronymics based on Alexey are Alexeyevich and Alexeev (male) and Alexeyevna and Alexeeva (female). The following surnames derive from Alexey and its various forms: * Alexeyev/Alekseyev * Alexeyevsky (surname), Alexeyevsky * Alyoshin * Alyokhin (Alekhine (disambiguation), Alekhine, Alekhin (disambiguation), Alekhin) * Lyoshin * Alexeytsev/Alekseytsev /Alekseitsev * Alexeychuk/Alekseychuk/Alekseichuk * Alexeychik/Alekseychik/Alekseichik * Alexeyuk/Alekseyuk * Alexeyenko/Alekseyenko/Alekseenko * Alexeychenko/Alekseychenko/Alekseichenko * Alexievich (surname), Alexievich Alexeyevka, Russia, Alexeyevka is a common Russian village name.

Persons known by first name Alexey and variants

*Alexis of Russia, Tsar of Russia from 1645 to 1676, son of Tsar Michael *Aleshenka, a rumored alien found in Russia *Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, son of Tsar Alexander II *Alexey Andreevich Anselm, Russian theoretical physicist *Alexei Cherepanov (1989–2008), Russian hockey player *Alexei A. Efros, American computer scientist *Alexei L. Efros, American physicist *Alexey Goloborodko, Russian dancing contortionist *Oleksiy Honcharuk, Alexey Goncharuk (Oleksiy Honcharuk), former Ukrainian prime minister *Aleksi Inauri (1908–1993), Soviet Georgian commander who headed the Georgian KGB *Alexei Ivanov (disambiguation), several people *Alyosha Karamazov, Alexey Karamazov, fictional character from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's ''The Brothers Karamazov'' *Alexei Kovalev, Russian professional ice hockey player *Aleksei Yevgenyevich Kravchenko, Russian actor *Aleksey Kuleshov, Russian volleyball player *Alexei Leonov, pioneering Russian cosmonaut, first person to conduct a space walk *Alexei Makeyev (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player *Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia, grandson of Tsar Nicholas I *Alexei Navalny, Russian politician *Alexei Nemov, Russian Olympic gymnast *Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, the son of Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) and younger brother of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia *Alexey Pajitnov, inventor of the popular puzzle game Tetris *Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, son of Peter I the Great *Alexei Ponikarovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian professional ice hockey player *Alexei Ramírez, Cuban baseball player *Alexey Rykov, Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician *Alexei Savrasov, Russian artist *Alexei Sayle, English comedian and author *Alexei Shirov, Latvian-Spanish chess Grandmaster *Alexey Shved, Russian basketball player *Alexey Sorokin (disambiguation), several people *Aleksei Sytsevich, fictional character in the Marvel universe, better known as Rhino (comics), Rhino *Alexei Tezikov (1978–2020), Russian ice hockey player *Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater

Persons known by first name Alexey and variants

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