Alexius Explained

Alexius
Gender:Male
Language:Greek
See also:Alexia (female)
Alexey

Alexius is the Latinized form of the given name Alexios (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αλέξιος, polytonic Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀλέξιος, "defender", cf. Alexander), especially common in the Byzantine Empire. The female form is Alexia (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αλεξία) and its variants such as Alessia (the masculine form of which is Alessio) in Italian.

The name belongs to the most ancient attested Greek names (a-re-ke-se-u in the Linear B tablets KN Df 1229 and MY Fu 718).

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Alexius in other languages