Alexei
Alexei and its variants are a male given name.
Origin and meaning
The name Alexei originally comes from the Greek (similar to Alexander derived from αλέξω 'protect') and therefore means something like 'protector' or 'guardian'. The name is particularly widespread in Russian-speaking countries. The Russian nickname of Alexei is Aljoscha .
variants
- Cyrillic Алексей , Alexei ; Legend variant Alexej
- Alexius (Latinized)
- Alexios (engraved)
- Олексій (Ukrainian)
- Aleksije / Cyrillic: Алексије, Aleksija, Alja, Aljoša (Serbian)
- Alexi ( Old Church Slavonic )
- Alexia (female) ( Old Church Slavonic )
- Alexis (English, French, Greek)
- Alejo (Spanish)
- Alessio (Italian)
- Aleksi (Finnish)
- Aleš (Czech)
- Aleksy (Polish)
Name days
- February 25
- March 30
- May 7th
- 2th of June
- August 22nd
- 12th September
- October 11th
- October 18
- 6th of December
Well-known namesake
- Alexei I (Russia) (1629–1676), Russian tsar
- Alexei Petrovich Bestuschew-Ryumin (1693–1766), Field Marshal of the Russian Army and Russian Chancellor
- Alexei Grigoryevich Orlow (1737–1808), Russian officer
- Alexei Konstantinowitsch Tolstoy (1817–1875), Russian writer, playwright and poet
- Alexei Nikolajewitsch Tolstoy (1883–1945), Russian-Soviet writer
- Alexei Nikolajewitsch Romanow (1904–1918), last Tsarevich of Russia
- Alexei Fjodorowitsch Trjoschnikow (1914–1991), Soviet-Russian polar explorer, geographer and oceanologist
- Alexei Makarowitsch Smirnow (1920–1979), Russian-Soviet film and theater actor
- Alexei Stepanowitsch Suetin (1926–2001), Soviet-Russian grandmaster in chess and author of chess books
- Alexei Semjonowitsch Koslow (* 1935), Russian jazz saxophonist
- Alexei Alexejewitsch Kuznetsov (* 1941), Russian jazz guitarist, composer and arranger
- Alexei Jurjewitsch German (1938–2013), Russian film director
- Alexei Jurjewitsch Smirnow (* 1951), Russian theoretical physicist
- Alexei Efimowitsch Uschitel (* 1951), Russian film director and producer
- Alexei Borissowitsch Wyschmanawin (1960–2000), Russian chess master
- Alexei Viktorovich Ivanov (* 1969), Russian writer and screenwriter
- Alexei Petrovich Popogrebski (* 1972), Russian film director and screenwriter
- Alexei Shirov (* 1972), Latvian chess player of Russian descent
- Alexei Igorewitsch Wassiljew (* 1972), Russian racing driver
- Alexei Troschtschinski (* 1973), Russian-Kazakh ice hockey player
- Alexei Jurjewitsch Jegorow (1975-2002), Russian ice hockey player
- Alexei Alexejewitsch German (* 1976), Russian film director and screenwriter
- Alexei Konstantinowitsch Jegorow (* 1976), Russian ice hockey goalkeeper
- Alexei Anatoljewitsch Navalny (* 1976), Russian lawyer, political activist and politician
- Alexei Grigoryevich Smirnow (* 1977), Russian table tennis player
- Alexei Sergejewitsch Wassiljew (* 1977), Russian ice hockey player
- Alexei Dmitrijewitsch Savrasenko (* 1979), Russian basketball player
- Alexei Walentinowitsch Tschistjakow (1962–2012), Russian painter and artist
- Alexei Wassiljew (badminton) (born 1980), Russian badminton player
- Alexei Wladimirowitsch Volkov (* 1980), Russian ice hockey goalkeeper
- Alexei Wladimirowitsch Ivanov (* 1981), Russian football player
- Alexei Anatoljewitsch Semjonow (* 1981), Russian ice hockey player
- Alexei Anatolyevich Medvedev (* 1982), Russian ice hockey player
- Alexei Sergejewitsch Smirnow (* 1982), Russian ice hockey player
- Alexei Igorewitsch Kuznetsov (* 1983), Kazakh ice hockey goalkeeper
- Alexei Koroljow (* 1987), Kazakh ski jumper of Russian origin
- Alexei Sergejewitsch Ivanov (* 1988), Russian ice hockey goalkeeper
- Alexei Anatoljewitsch Volkov (* 1988), Russian biathlete
- Alexei Wladimirowitsch Vorobjow (* 1988), Russian singer and actor
- Alexei Jurjewitsch Jegorow (* 1991), Russian heavyweight boxer
- Alexei Yevgenyevich Gassilin (* 1996), Russian football player
- Alexei
- Alexej Baumgärtner (* 1988), German speed skater
- Alexej Biakont (* before 1296, † 1378), Metropolitan of Moscow and all of Russia
- Alexej von Jawlensky (1865–1941), Russian-German painter
- Alexej Čepička (1910–1990), Czechoslovak politician
- Alexej Stachowitsch (1918–2013), Austro-Russian author, pedagogue, songwriter, technician, scout and wandering bird
- Alexej Jaškin (* 1965), Czech-Russian ice hockey player
- Alexej Dmitriev (* 1985), German-Belarusian ice hockey player