Alexia
Only about 160 women in Poland carry it, so meeting one is memorable. From Greek, it means "defender", the feminine counterpart to Aleksy.
Alexia Pronunciation
What Alexia means
Where Alexia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Alexia begins in Greek, in the verb alexein, meaning to defend or to ward off. That same root stands behind Aleksander and behind the Polish form Aleksy. The short meaning given here, defender, or obrończyni in the feminine, sits at the origin itself and was not attached afterward.
In Polish records the name keeps a small family close. There is the variant Aleksja, and there is Aleksy, the masculine form that shares its root with a girl called Alexia. Read down a school class register and Aleksy will likely appear near the top, an old and settled entry.
The defending sense is not decoration. Greek names built on alexein described people who turned danger away from others, protectors by trade. Alexia inherits that plainly. A short name. What it says is defender.
How many people are named Alexia
1 in 142682 women in Poland is named Alexia. 158 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2562 among female names.
Alexia's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1434 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Where parents choose Alexia
Alexia is most popular in Lesser Poland, 852% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Lesser Poland
+852%1 in 113,458 babies
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Lesser Poland+852% 2 born1 in 113,458 babies+852%
Alexia as a middle name
Alexia is a first name for 158 women in Poland and a middle name for another 31, an 84/16 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1251st, between Tosia (32) and Anabella (31).
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#1249 Tanyaradzwa32
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#1250 Tosia32
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#1251 Alexia31
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#1252 Anabella31
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#1253 Bohdana31