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Alexey ( ) is a Russian male given name derived from the Greek Aléxios (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Alexius.

Key facts

Given name2.name
Alexey
Given name2.gender
Male
Given name2.meaning
Defender
Given name2.language
Russian
Given name2.origin
Greek
Given name2.related names
Alexios, Alexius, Alexis
Given name2.variant forms
Alexei, Aleksei, Aleksey

via Wikipedia infobox

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  • People with the given name
  • Royalty and historical figures
  • Modern figures
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  • References

Alexey ( ) is a Russian male given name derived from the Greek Aléxios (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Alexius.

Similar Ukrainian and Belarusian names are romanized as Oleksii (Олексій) and Aliaksiej (Аляксей), respectively.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aleksey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.