Alexey

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Alexey (Aleksey) (Russian: Алексе́й, [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej]) is a Russian male first name deriving from the Greek Alexios (Αλέξιος), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Alexius.

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

Names of many persons of Ukrainian and Belarusian origin previously known as Alexey are now often romanized as Olexiy (Олексiй) and Alyaxey (Аляксей), respectively.

The Russian Orthodox Church 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 Patriarchs Alexius I and Alexius II).

The common hypocoristic is Alyosha (Алёша) or simply Lyosha (Лёша). These may be further transformed into Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Lyoshka, Lyoha, Lyoshenka (Алёша, Алёшка, Алёшенька, Лёша, Лёшка, Лёха, Лёшенька), sometimes rendered as Alesha/Aleshenka in English. The form Alyosha may be used as a full first name in Bulgaria (Альоша) and Armenia.

In theory, Alexia is the female form. It is however virtually non-existent in Russian-speaking countries. A popular Ukrainian and Belarusian female name Olesia/Alesia is one possible form.

The patronymics based on Alexey are Alexeyevich (male) and Alexeyevna (female).

The following surnames derive from Alexey and its various forms:

• Alexeyev
• Alexeyevsky
• Alyoshin
• Alyokhin (see also Alekhine)
• Lyoshin
• Alexeytsev
• Alexeychuk
• Alexeychik
• Alexeyuk
• Alexeyenko
• Alexeychenko
• Alexievich

Alexeyevka is a common Russian village name.

Persons known by first name Alexey

• Alexei of Russia, Tsar of Russia from 1645 - 1676, son of Tsar Michael
• Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, the son of Nicholas II of Russia
• Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich, the son of Peter I the Great of Russia
• Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, son of Tsar Alexander II
• Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia, grandson of Tsar Nicholas I
• Aleshenka, a rumored alien found in Russia
• Aleksei (Russian convert to Judaism)
• Alexey Andreevich Anselm, Russian theoretical physicist
• Alexey Goloborodko, Russian dancing contortionist
• Alexey Karamazov, a fictional character from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov
• Alexey Pajitnov, inventor of the popular puzzle game, Tetris
• Alexey Rykov, a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician
• Aleksey Kadochnikov, developed the Russian martial art Systema
• Alexei Beletski, Ukrainian-born Israeli ice dancer
• Alexei Kovalev, Russian professional ice hockey player
• Aleksey Kuleshov, Russian volleyball player
• Alexei Ponikarovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater
• Alexei Shirov, chess Grandmaster
• Alexei Sayle, English comedian and author
• Alexey Leonov, pioneering Russian cosmonaut, first person to conduct a space walk
• Aleksei Sytsevich, fictional character in the Marvel universe better known as Rhino.

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