Aleksy
From the Greek for "defender, helper", it stays firmly a boys' name. Most Poles have never met an Aleksy, but younger parents are picking it up more than they used to.
Aleksy Pronunciation
Aleksy is pronounced ah-LEK-sih (/aˈlɛksɨ/).
What Aleksy means
Where Aleksy comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Aleksy comes from Greek, from Alexios, built on the verb alexein, "to ward off" or "to defend." That root gives it the plain meaning it still holds: defender, helper, in Polish obrońca, wspierający. The same root sits inside Alexander, though Aleksy stands on its own.
A real bearer anchors the name in Poland. Saint Alexius of Rome, known here as Aleksy, was a wealthy Roman who gave up his fortune, lived as a beggar, and later spent seventeen years unrecognised in a cell under his family's stairs. His feast set the imieniny on the seventeenth of July, and Polish parish books kept the name in steady use for centuries.
The variant Aleksey travels east, the Russian form of the same Greek source. Say them side by side and the shared spine shows.
Read out in a school register today, Aleksy sounds settled and short. The meaning holds. One who defends, one who helps.
When Aleksy celebrates name day
Aleksy appears 5 times in the Polish name day calendar, 2 of them as a main name, the first on 17 February.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Aleksy
1 in 4652 men in Poland is named Aleksy. 4,589 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #506 among male names.
Aleksy's popularity over time
101 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #247 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2001.
Where Aleksy is most popular
Aleksy is most popular in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 43% above the national average (62 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+30%) and Greater Poland (+15%). It is least common in Opole and Podlaskie, 73% and 39% below average respectively.
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian62 boys born+43%
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Masovian183 boys born+30%
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Greater Poland98 boys born+15%
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Lublin46 boys born+13%
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Łódź51 boys born+1%
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Lubusz19 boys born−4%
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Lesser Poland86 boys born−4%
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Lower Silesian58 boys born−7%
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Pomeranian54 boys born−8%
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Warmian-Masurian25 boys born−12%
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West Pomeranian28 boys born−16%
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Silesian75 boys born−17%
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Świętokrzyskie17 boys born−23%
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Subcarpathian34 boys born−29%
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Podlaskie16 boys born−39%
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Opole5 boys born−73%
Aleksy as a middle name
Aleksy is a first name for 4,589 men in Poland and a middle name for another 1,952, a 70/30 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 179th, between Olgierd (2,000) and Zygfryd (1,911).
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#177 Sergiusz2,006
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#178 Olgierd2,000
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#179 Aleksy1,952
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#180 Zygfryd1,911
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#181 Maurycy1,865