Alexei

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 16 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◐

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

• English given name18K records spelled Alexei11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Alexeï, Aléxei, Alexei͏̈, Alexeī

• a separate given name3.0K records spelled Alexei5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Belarus, Ukraine

  Also written Alexéi, Alexeï, Alexeĭ, Alexeǐ

• Finnish given name2.5K records spelled Alexei4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Slovenia, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian

  Also written Alexeï

42 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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 57 years between 1961–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Alexei I of Russiab. 1629RUTsar of Russia (1645–1676)
• Maxim Gorkib. 1868RUnot in their usual nameRussian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)
• Alexei Rykovb. 1881RUPremier of Russia and the Soviet Union (1881-1938)
• Alexei Kosyginb. 1904RUSoviet politician (1904-1980)
• Alexei Nikolaevichb. 1904RULast Russian tsesarevich and heir apparent of the Russian Empire (1904–1918); youngest child of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
• Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosovb. 1928RUSoviet, Russian and American theoretical physicist
• Patriarch Alexius IIb. 1929EEnot in their usual name15th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church (1929–2008)
• Aleksei Arkhipovich Leonovb. 1934RUnot in their usual nameSoviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)
• Alexei Navalnyb. 1976RURussian jurist and opposition leader (1976-2024)
• Alex Sparrowb. 1988RUnot in their usual nameRussian singer and actor

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 · 450 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alexei?

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

In which country does Alexei have the most bearers?

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

How common is Alexei compared with other names?

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

Is Alexei a male or female name?

Alexei 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 Alexei mean?

Recorded meaning: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Алексе́й (Alekséj), equivalent to Alexius.