Alexiz
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- uh-LEK-sis
- Origin
- Greek
Alexiz is a name of Greek origin, meaning “defender, helper”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Alexiz mean?
Greek: variant of Alexis
“defender, helper”
Respelling of Alexis, from the Greek alexo 'to defend, help'.
Is Alexiz a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Alexiz has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Alexiz in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Alexiz in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2007, 69% of the babies named Alexiz in the US were girls.
Alexiz in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Nicknames for Alexiz
- Lexi 149 girls in the UK in 2025
Names related to Alexiz
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alexiz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alexiz, updated 20 October 2026.