Alexis
Proper noun
  1. A male given name.
    • 1877 W. S. Gilbert - Arthur Sullivan, ''The Sorcerer, Act I:
      To the maid of his choice, / With a heart palpitating, / Comes Alexis the brave.
  2. A female given name, transferred from the male name and used since the 1940s.
    • 1990, Ed McBain, Vespers, Mandarin (1991), ISBN 0749305967, page 120:
      He wondered how parents who had named their daughter Alexis could possibly have known she'd turn out to be such a beauty.



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