Aleksi

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Alex in BR Brazil, US United States, PE Peru and 16 more, Алексей in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 3 more, Олексій in UA Ukraine and Oleh in PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Aleksi is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name3.6K records spelled Aleksi47 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Venezuela, United States, Bulgaria

  Languages: French, Spanish, Russian

  Also written Alexy, Алекси, Алексй, Alexi, Алексі

• French given name1.1K records spelled Aleksi4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Finland, Spain, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Aléksi, Äleksî

• a separate given name341 records spelled Aleksi2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States

  Also written Alêksi

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Aleksi is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, männl. Vom., finnische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Aleksey Petrovich Yermolovb. 1777RUnot in their usual nameRussian general (1777–1861)
• Alexeï Chtchoussevb. 1873MDnot in their usual nameRussian architect (1873-1949)
• Ali Aaltonenb. 1884FInot in their usual nameLieutenant in the Imperial Russian army, journalist, and Finnish socialist leader (1884-1918)
• Aleksi Machavarianib. 1913GEGeorgian musician (1913-1995)
• Aleksi Bardyb. 1970FIFinnish screenwriter and film producer
• Aleksi Salmenperäb. 1973FIFinnish film director
• Jussi Markkanenb. 1975FInot in their usual nameFinnish ice hockey player
• Alexi Laihob. 1979FInot in their usual nameFinnish musician (1979–2020)
• Arttu Wiskarib. 1984FInot in their usual nameFinnish singer-songwriter
• Joona Toiviob. 1988FInot in their usual nameFinnish footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 103 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aleksi?

We estimate roughly 1.0 million people bear Aleksi (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Aleksi have the most bearers?

Aleksi is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled алексей.

How common is Aleksi compared with other names?

In Russia, Aleksi is the 5th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Aleksi a male or female name?

Aleksi is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Aleksi mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name from Ancient Greek