Alexiss
Feminine · Greek roots · “defender”
Alexiss is given to both — 528 girls and 20 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Alexiss is Alexis with one more s, a name that has been Greek, Roman, French and American in turn. One of its oldest appearances in literature belongs to a young man: in Virgil's second Eclogue, the shepherd Corydon pines for a handsome youth called Alexis.
How old is the name Alexiss?
Alexiss first appears in US birth records in 1981 — 44 years ago. The typical Alexiss alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 500 people named Alexiss are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Alexiss most popular?
Alexiss peaked in 1995, reaching #2845 nationally. See the whole 1995 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Alexis (Greek) to Alexiss
The story of Alexiss
In Greek, Alexis was a man's name, and Latin poets kept it so: Virgil, writing in the first century BC, opens his second Eclogue with Corydon burning for the beautiful Alexis, who will not return his love. The name stayed masculine in Europe for centuries, in the French Alexis and the Russian Aleksei, and then crossed to girls in the United States in the late twentieth century, where daughters came to outnumber sons. Alexiss belongs to that American chapter, the name as girls know it with its final letter doubled, and nothing records who first wrote it this way.
Meaning
defender, helper (as Alexis)
Alexis is a Greek name built on the verb alexein, 'to ward off, to defend', the same root that begins Alexander. The extra s changes nothing in the meaning or the sound.
How the name formed
- AlexisGreek
- AlexisLatin poetry
- AlexisAmerican girls' name
- Alexiss
Related forms: Alexis · Alexis · Aleksei
Pronouncing Alexiss
uh-LEK-sis
Said exactly like Alexis. The doubled s does not lengthen the final hiss.
Nicknames for Alexiss
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1981
- Most girls named
- 199542 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2845reached in 1995
- Change vs 2013
- −14.3%6 in 2014, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Alexiss in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Alexis in Greek — same name
- Alexis in French — same name
- Aleksei in Russian — related form
Alexisss among us
people named Alexiss are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
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Fashion outlook
Alexiss sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds exactly like Alexis, so it is understood the first time it is spoken.
- Comes with ready short forms in Lexi, Alex and Lex.
- The root has a settled Greek meaning and a record that runs back to classical poetry.
- The second s will be dropped on forms and flagged by spellcheck, and many people will assume it is a typo. The name will need spelling aloud for life.
- The spelling is given to a few boys as well, but nearly every Alexiss is a girl; a boy with it will usually be taken for a girl on paper.
- Because the sound is identical to Alexis, the name will be heard as familiar even though this spelling is rare.
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Frequently asked
- How many Alexisss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Alexiss are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Alexiss in 2025?
- Alexiss is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Alexiss with classmates?
- Alexiss will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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