English

Proper noun

Alexis ‎(plural Alexises)

1. A male given name.
   • 1877 W. S. Gilbert - Arthur Sullivan, The Sorcerer, Act I:

     To the maid of his choice, / With a heart palpitating, / Comes Alexis the brave.

2. A female given name, transferred from the male name and used since the 1940s.
   • 1990, Ed McBain, Vespers, Mandarin (1991), ISBN 0749305967, page 120:

     He wondered how parents who had named their daughter Alexis could possibly have known she'd turn out to be such a beauty.

French

Etymology

From the Latin saint's name Alexius, from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις ‎(Álexis, “helper, defender”)

Proper noun

Alexis m

1. A male given name.

Anagrams

• exilas