Alek

Where Alek comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Alek.

Alek through the years
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #2,543 among boys with 10 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1964
    Alek Keshishian born
    American film director
  3. 1977
    Alek Wek born
    South Sudanese-British model and designer
  4. 1994
    Peak, #935
    138 babies named Alek, its best rank.
  5. 2025
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,604.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, variant of Alec.
Namesakes
  • Alek Wek · South Sudanese-British model and designer, born 1977
  • Alek Keshishian · American film director, born 1964
  • Alek Sandar · Bulgarian singer, songwriter, music producer, born 1987
  • Alek D. Epstein · Sociologist; Political scientist, born 1975
  • Alek Skarlatos · American politician, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.