Alexya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Alexya by the numbers

Alexya was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 42 babies in 2004, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Alexya

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alexya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Alexadefender of men; form of Alexandra3,888 in the US (2017)
  • Alexiadefender of men; a feminine form of Alexios768 in the US (2017)
  • Aleeyaascension; a form of Aliyah41 in the US (2017)
  • Alexxavariant of Alexa, defender of mankind32 in the US (2017)
  • Alexysdefender of mankind; a form of Alexis25 in the US (2017)
  • Alexsadefender of mankind; a form of Alexandra19 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Alexya

Names that are said the same way as Alexya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Aleksiadefender of mankind; a form of alexia10 in the US (2017)
  • Alexiahdefender of mankind; a form of alexia10 in the US (2017)
  • Alexxia5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Alexya

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