Alekos
Alekos is a masculine given name, a diminutive of Alexander. Notable people with the name include:Alekos Alavanos, Greek politician, member of the Hellenic Parliament Alekos Alekou, Cypriot football striker who played for Aris Limassol Alekos Alexandrakis (1928–2005), Greek actor Alekos Alexiadis (1945–2025), Greek footballer Alekos Fassianos (1935–2022), Greek painter Alekos Flambouraris…
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Alekos
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alekos is a masculine given name, a diminutive of Alexander. Notable people with the name include:Alekos Alavanos, Greek politician, member of the Hellenic Parliament Alekos Alekou, Cypriot football striker who played for Aris Limassol Alekos Alexandrakis (1928–2005), Greek actor Alekos Alexiadis (1945–2025), Greek footballer Alekos Fassianos (1935–2022), Greek painter Alekos Flambouraris…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek
The Story of Alekos
Alekos first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1976, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1976: 5 births, good for #5,587 nationwide. About 50% of every Alekos on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Alekos last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Alekos
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About the name Alekos
Alekos is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Alekos's peak popularity came in 1976 when it ranked #5,587. Use the chart and map above to compare Alekos's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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