Finnish

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Etymology

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A rare variant of Aleksi, from the Latin form Alexius. Best known for the writer Aleksis Kivi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑleksis/, [ˈɑ̝le̞ks̠is̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑleksis
  • Hyphenation(key): A‧lek‧sis

Proper noun

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Aleksis

  1. a male given name

Declension

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Inflection of Aleksis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative Aleksis Aleksikset
genitive Aleksiksen Aleksisten
Aleksiksien
partitive Aleksista Aleksiksia
illative Aleksikseen Aleksiksiin
singular plural
nominative Aleksis Aleksikset
accusative nom. Aleksis Aleksikset
gen. Aleksiksen
genitive Aleksiksen Aleksisten
Aleksiksien
partitive Aleksista Aleksiksia
inessive Aleksiksessa Aleksiksissa
elative Aleksiksesta Aleksiksista
illative Aleksikseen Aleksiksiin
adessive Aleksiksella Aleksiksilla
ablative Aleksikselta Aleksiksilta
allative Aleksikselle Aleksiksille
essive Aleksiksena Aleksiksina
translative Aleksikseksi Aleksiksiksi
abessive Aleksiksetta Aleksiksitta
instructive Aleksiksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Aleksis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

Statistics

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  • Aleksis is the 591st (tied with 3 other names) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 296 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,599 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

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Latvian

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Etymology

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First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1533. From Latin Alexius, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξιος (Aléxios).

Proper noun

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Aleksis m

  1. a male given name from Latin
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References

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  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Aleksis was the only given name of 782 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
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