Aleksa (given name)
Appearance
Gender | masculine and feminine |
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Origin | |
Meaning | defender |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Alexa |
Derived | Aleksić |
Related names | Aleksandr, Aleksandra, Alexander, Alexandra |
Aleksa (Serbian Cyrillic: Алекса) is a South Slavic masculine given name derived from Greek Alexios (Αλέξιος), meaning "Defender", usually a diminutive of Aleksandar ("Alexander"). In other Slavic countries, Aleksa is given name to male name in Europe, female names for Aleksa can be Aleksandra and Aleksia.
- Given name
- Aleksa Simić (1800–1872), Serbian politician and member of the Ustavobranioci
- Aleksa Dundić (1890s-1920), Yugoslav communist and October Revolutionary
- Aleksa Šantić (1868–1924), Serb poet
- Aleksa Nenadović (1749–1804), oberknez
- Aleksa Brđović (born 1993), Serbian volleyball player
- Aleksa Šaponjić (born 1992), Serbian water polo player
- Aleksa Gajić (born 1974), Serbian comics artist and film director
- Aleksa Matić (born 1996), Serbian footballer
- Aleksa Radovanović (1900–2004), the last of Salonika front veteran alive and president of veteran association
- Aleksa Buha (born 1939), Serbian philosopher and academic
- Aleksa or Alex Bogdanovic, (born 1984), Serbian-British tennis player
- Aleksa Milojević (born 2000), Serbian footballer
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- Feminine form
- Aleksa Palladino (born 1980), American actress and singer
- Aleksa Chvikova (born 1988), Ukrainian singer
- Nickname
- Aleksandar Atanacković (1920–2005), former football player and manager
See also
- Aleksa (surname)
- Aleksas, Lithuanian variant