Alexei
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Alexey is a male first name of Eastern-European and East Slavic descent, and is pronounced ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej. It is sometimes romanized
as "Alexei", "Aleksei", "Aleksey", "Alexej", "Aleksej", etc.
It has been commonly westernized as Alexis
(Alexius
itself is different name altogether and its Russian form is more along the lines of "Alexiy").
Common hypocoristic
s are Alyosha, Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Lyosha, Lyoshka, Lyoha, Lyoshenka , sometimes rendered as Alesha/Aleshenka in English.
Romanization of Russian
Romanization of the Russian alphabet is the process of transliterating the Russian language from the Cyrillic alphabet into the Latin alphabet...
as "Alexei", "Aleksei", "Aleksey", "Alexej", "Aleksej", etc.
It has been commonly westernized as Alexis
Alexis (disambiguation)
Alexis can refer to:*Several ancient writers:**Alexis, a Greek comic poet**Alexis, a writer mentioned by Athenaeus as the author of a treatise Peri Autarkeias...
(Alexius
Alexius
Alexius is the Latinized form of the given name Alexios , especially common in the later Byzantine Empire. Variants include Alexis with the Russian Aleksey and its Ukrainian counterpart Oleksa/Oleksiy deriving from this form...
itself is different name altogether and its Russian form is more along the lines of "Alexiy").
Common hypocoristic
Hypocoristic
A hypocorism is a shorter form of a word or given name, for example, when used in more intimate situations as a nickname or term of endearment.- Derivation :Hypocorisms are often generated as:...
s are Alyosha, Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Lyosha, Lyoshka, Lyoha, Lyoshenka , sometimes rendered as Alesha/Aleshenka in English.
Persons known by first name Alexey
- Alexei of Russia, Tsar of Russia from 1645 - 1676, son of Tsar Michael
- Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, the son of Nicholas II of RussiaNicholas II of RussiaNicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Prince of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His official short title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until...
- Tsarevich Alexei PetrovichTsarevich Alexei Petrovich of RussiaAlexei Petrovich Romanov , was a Russian Tsarevich. He was born in Moscow, the son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife Eudoxia Lopukhina.-Childhood:...
, the son of Peter I the Great of RussiaPeter I of RussiaPeter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V... - Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of RussiaGrand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of RussiaGrand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia was the sixth child and the fourth son of Alexander II of Russia and his first wife Maria Alexandrovna . Destined to a naval career, Alexei Alexandrovich started his military training at the age of 7...
, son of Tsar Alexander II - Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of RussiaGrand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of RussiaGrand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia was the youngest son of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and a first cousin of Alexander III of Russia...
, grandson of Tsar Nicholas I - AleshenkaAleshenkaAleshenka Erashov was a small creature allegedly found in the village of Kaolinovy, near Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk in August, 1996. Aleshenka was found by an old woman, Tamara Vasilievna Prosvirina, who was mentally ill. The creature had an unusual appearance, giving rise to rumors of its...
, a rumored alien found in Russia - Aleksei (Russian convert to Judaism)
- Alexey Andreevich Anselm, Russian theoretical physicist
- Alexey GoloborodkoAlexey GoloborodkoAlexey I. Goloborodko pronounced:- Al-ix-EY Ga-la-ba-RROJ-ka is acontortionist, who has been described by many as the most flexible human on the planet. He was born in Tula, Russia, in December 1994. As well as contortion and flexibility, he has trained in classical and modern dance, and Chinese...
, Russian dancing contortionist - Alexey KaramazovAlyosha KaramazovAlyosha Karamazov is the protagonist in The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. His full name is given as Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov and he is also referred to as Alyosha, Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Alyoshechka, Alexeichik, Lyosha, and Lyoshenka. He is the youngest of the Karamazov brothers,...
, a fictional character from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers KaramazovThe Brothers KaramazovThe Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dostoyevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger and completed in November 1880... - Alexey Pajitnov, inventor of the popular puzzle game, TetrisTetrisTetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
- Alexey Rykov, a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician
- Aleksey Kadochnikov, developed the Russian martial art SystemaSystemaSystema is a Russian martial art. Training includes: hand to hand combat, grappling, knife fighting and fire arms training as well. Training involves drills and sparring without set kata. It focuses mainly on controlling the six body levers through pressure point application, striking and weapon...
- Alexei BeletskiAlexei BeletskiAlexei Beletski is an Israeli ice dancer.He competes alongside his wife Natalia Gudina. They competed together for the Ukraine until the end of 1998/1999 season, after which they switched to competing for Israel. Gudina and Beletski the 2000–05 Israeli national silver medalists...
, Ukrainian-born Israeli ice dancer - Alexei KovalevAlexei KovalevAlexei Vyacheslavovich "Alex" Kovalev is a Russian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Atlant Moscow Oblast of the Kontinental Hockey League....
, Russian professional ice hockey player - Aleksey Kuleshov, Russian volleyball player
- Alexei PonikarovskyAlexei PonikarovskyOleksiy Volodymyrovych "Alexei" Ponikarovsky is a Ukrainian Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League .-RSL:...
, Ukrainian-Canadian professional ice hockey player - Alexei YagudinAlexei YagudinAlexei Konstantinovich Yagudin is a former Russian figure skater. His major achievements in his six years of eligible sports career include:*2002 Olympic Champion*Four-time World Champion...
, Russian figure skater - Alexei ShirovAlexei ShirovAlexei Dmitrievich Shirov is a Soviet-born Latvian chess grandmaster. He has consistently ranked among the world's top players since the early 1990s, and reached a ranking as high as number four in 1998...
, chess Grandmaster - Alexei SayleAlexei SayleAlexei David Sayle is a British stand-up comedian, actor and author. He was a central part of the alternative comedy circuit in the early 1980s. He was voted the 18th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-ups in 2007...
, English comedian and author - Alexey Leonov, pioneering Russian cosmonaut, first person to conduct a space walk
- Aleksei SytsevichRhino (comics)The Rhino is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Romita, Sr., the character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #41 The Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich) is a fictional character that appears in comic...
, fictional character in the Marvel universeMarvel UniverseThe Marvel Universe is the shared fictional universe where most comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Entertainment take place, including those featuring Marvel's most familiar characters, such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and the Avengers.The Marvel Universe is further...
better known as Rhino.