Alexius

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Male Male Name

Usage

Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish

Origin and Meaning

Latin form of the Greek name Αλεξιος (Alexios)

Greek aléxein = 'to defend' [1]
Greek αλεξω (alexo) = 'to defend, to help'

Related Names

     
Aleksej Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Aleksi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aleksis Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Alexis Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Alexis Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Alexius Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Oleksei Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Oleksi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Olesa Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Alex, Alexia, Ali, Lex

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Alexius
Accusative: Alexius
Dative: Alexiusi
Genitive: Alexiusar

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

17 July

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

17 July

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1476 [1]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[2] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 25 468
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m2.png n.a. 4 n.a 47
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Alexius.

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi