Entry № 422 · Greek origin

Alexia Alexia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-LEK-see-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Defender (Alexia Putellas, two-time Ballon d'Or Féminin)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "defender (alexia putellas, two-time ballon d'or féminin)".

Alexia is the feminine of Alexis — from the Greek alexein (to defend, to ward off). Alexia Demie — American actress; Euphoria. Alexia is also a Greek and Cypriot variant of Alexandra.

Defender (Alexia Putellas, two-time Ballon d'Or Féminin) — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Αλεξία
Transliteration
Alexía
Pronunciation
/ əˈlɛk.si.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Alexia stands.

Alexia does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Alexias before her.

Real people
Alexia Putellas
Spanish football captain.
born 1994
Alexa Demie
American actress.
born 1990
In fiction
Alexia
Euphoria.
2019

Names connected to Alexia.

The number behind Alexia.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Alexia reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.