Meaning of the nameAlexia
- Female
- Greek origin
- A-le-xi-a
Alexia is a female name of Greek origin, the feminine form of Alexis and Alexius, names linked to the Greek Álexis, 'helper, defender'.
Meaning
“feminine form of Alexis, 'helper, defender'”
Source: Wiktionary: Alexius · Wiktionary: Alexis · Behind the Name: Alexis
- People (2022)
- 33,124
- Rank in Brazil
- #763
- Median age
- 10 years
- 2010 Census
- 15,603
- people
Alexia in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Alexia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (14,210 people).
32,846 women 278 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Alexia is most common
States with the highest share of people named Alexia in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Sergipe 0.030%
- Alagoas 0.029%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.026%
- Minas Gerais 0.020%
- Amapá 0.019%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 5,996 | 0.014% |
| Minas Gerais | 4,073 | 0.020% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 3,080 | 0.019% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 2,856 | 0.026% |
| Bahia | 2,330 | 0.017% |
| Paraná | 1,914 | 0.017% |
| Pernambuco | 1,377 | 0.015% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,193 | 0.016% |
| Ceará | 1,138 | 0.013% |
| Maranhão | 1,064 | 0.016% |
| Pará | 996 | 0.012% |
| Alagoas | 903 | 0.029% |
| Espírito Santo | 731 | 0.019% |
| Paraíba | 699 | 0.018% |
| Goiás | 680 | 0.010% |
| Amazonas | 676 | 0.017% |
| Sergipe | 669 | 0.030% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 586 | 0.018% |
| Mato Grosso | 450 | 0.012% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 370 | 0.013% |
| Distrito Federal | 326 | 0.012% |
| Piauí | 299 | 0.009% |
| Rondônia | 242 | 0.015% |
| Tocantins | 147 | 0.010% |
| Amapá | 142 | 0.019% |
| Roraima | 97 | 0.015% |
| Acre | 90 | 0.011% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Alexia
Behind the Name gives Alexia as a feminine form of Alexis, and Wiktionary as a feminine form of Alexius. Both names trace back to ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis), 'helper, defender', linked to the verb ἀλέξω (aléxō), 'to guard, to protect'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Alexya, with y, as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 33,124 people named Alexia, almost all of them born from the 1990s onward; proportionally, the name is most common in Sergipe.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Alexia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: Alexius · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: Alexis · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Alexia · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Alexis · behindthename.com · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Alexia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Alexia
What does the name Alexia mean?
Alexia means “feminine form of Alexis, 'helper, defender'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.
How many people are named Alexia in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 33,124 people with the first name Alexia, which ranks it number 763 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Alexia a boy's or a girl's name?
Alexia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 32,846 women and 278 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Alexia?
Alexia is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Alexia most common?
Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.030% of the state's population is named Alexia (669 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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