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Alexis in Korean: 알렉시스

Alexis is written 알렉시스 in Korean and read “Alleksiseu”. This is the spelling in the loanword usage list of the National Institute of Korean Language (NIKL), which sets Korea’s spelling standards. In US birth records for 2000–2025 it ranks No. 53.

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Where the spelling 알렉시스 comes from

NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 알렉시스 for Alexis.

People in the list with this given name:

  • 블레델, (킴벌리) 알렉시스 — Bledel, (Kimberly) Alexis
  • 오해니언, 알렉시스 (케리) — Ohanian, Alexis (Kerry)

Look up 알렉시스 in the NIKL list (Korean)

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Why it is spelled this way

  • Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
  • The official list spells Alexis as 알렉시스, although the general rule gives 얼렉시스.

What Alexis means

“helper”

From Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις

Source: Wiktionary — Alexis · CC BY-SA 4.0

Alexis by the numbers

  • US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 53, 218,911 babies (80% girls, 20% boys).
  • NIKL usage list — people with the given name 알렉시스: 2.

Korean names for Alexis

These are the converter’s results for Alexis as a girl’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).

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박아윤Park AyunGirl’s name · 48% sound match

No surname given, so we picked 박, one of the three most common Korean surnames.

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Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics