Alexey
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| Alexey | |
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| Pronunciation | Russian: [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej] |
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Russian, from Greek |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Defender |
| Other names | |
| See also | Alexis, Alexius |
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Alexey (Aleksey) (Russian: Алексе́й) is a male first name of Eastern-European and East Slavic descent, and is pronounced [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej]. It is sometimes romanized as "Alexei", "Aleksei", "Aleksey", "Alexej", "Aleksej", etc.
It has been commonly westernized as Alexis (Alexius itself is different name altogether and its Russian form is more along the lines of "Alexiy").
Common hypocoristics are Alyosha, Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Lyosha, Lyoshka, Lyoha, Lyoshenka (Алёша, Алёшка, Алёшенька, Лёша, Лёшка, Лёха, Лёшенька), sometimes rendered as Alesha/Aleshenka in English.
[edit] Persons known by first name Alexey
- Alexei of Russia, Tsar of Russia from 1645 - 1676, son of Tsar Michael
- Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, the son of Nicholas II of Russia
- Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich, the son of Peter I the Great of Russia
- Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, son of Tsar Alexander II
- Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia, grandson of Tsar Nicholas I
- Aleshenka, a rumored alien found in Russia
- Aleksei (Russian convert to Judaism)
- Alexey Andreevich Anselm, Russian theoretical physicist
- Alexey Goloborodko, Russian dancing contortionist
- Alexey Karamazov, a fictional character from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov
- Alexey Pajitnov, inventor of the popular puzzle game, Tetris
- Alexey Rykov, a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician
- Aleksey Kadochnikov, developed the Russian martial art Systema
- Alexei Beletski, Ukrainian-born Israeli ice dancer
- Alexei Kovalev, Russian professional ice hockey player
- Aleksey Kuleshov, Russian volleyball player
- Alexei Ponikarovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater
- Alexei Shirov, chess Grandmaster
- Alexei Sayle, English comedian and author
- Alexey Leonov, pioneering Russian cosmonaut, first person to conduct a space walk
- Aleksei Sytsevich, fictional character in the Marvel universe better known as Rhino.
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