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Elexia

Girl · eh-LEK-see-uh · Greek

Elexia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Elexia mean?

Greek: variant of Alexia, related to Alexandra

“defender”

A variant of Alexia, which comes from Greek alexein, 'to defend'.

Say it
eh-LEK-see-uh

Is Elexia a girl's or a boy's name?

Elexia is a girls' name.

How popular is Elexia in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 girls.

2006Busiest: 6 in 20132017
Elexia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20174#4,967
20160–
20150–
20144#4,888
20136#3,719
20120–
20115#4,244
20104#4,931
20090–
20080–
20070–
20063#5,259

How popular is Elexia in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.

Half of all the girls named Elexia in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1976Busiest: 35 in 20012023
Elexia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20237#12,192
20225#15,300
20210–
20200–
20199#10,467
20188#11,422
20175#15,898
201615#7,599
20157#13,001
201414#8,050
201316#7,368
201215#7,800
201119#6,561
201020#6,380
200918#7,063
200822#6,127
200718#7,088
200634#4,264
200525#5,109
200418#6,484
200332#4,105
200230#4,175
200135#3,699
200023#4,976
199922#4,864
199820#5,119
199727#4,004
199629#3,718
199513#6,636
199419#5,011
19937#10,581
19928#9,483
19915#13,139
19905#12,952
19896#10,841
198810#7,106
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19835#10,272
198210#6,369
19817#8,126
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19765#9,282

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