Alessio is the Italian form of Alexis, an English unisex name meaning “helper, defender” derived from Ancient Greek alexo (to defend, to help) from Proto-Hellenic *aléksō (to protect) derived from a PIE root word. Alessio is also an Italian surname derived from the given name. Alessio is also the Italian form of Lezhë, the name of an Albanian town
Origin: Proto-Indo-European
Variants:
- Alexis (Greek, Ancient Greek, English, German, French)
- Alexius (Latinized Ancient Greek)
- Alexios (Ancient Greek)
- Aleksei (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian)
- Aleksey (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian)
- Alexei (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian)
- Alexey (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian)
- Aliaksei (Belarusian)
- Aleix (Catalan)
- Alyosha (Russian diminutive of Aleksey)
- Aljoša (Slovene and Croatian form of Alyosha)
- Alexej (Czech, Slovak)
- Aleksi (Finnish)
- Aleixo (Galician, Portuguese)
- Alejo (Spanish)
- Elek (Hungarian)
- Aleksy (Polish)
- Alekej (Slovene)
- Oleksiy (Ukrainian)
- Olexiy (Ukrainian)
- Aleksa (Serbian)
Female forms:
- Alexis (Greek, Ancient Greek, English, German, French)
- Alessia (Italian)
- Alexus (English)
- Alexina (English)
- Alexia (English, French)
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