Lex

Where Lex comes from

The dictionaries list Lex as a given name — a unisex given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,066 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1919
    Lex Barker born
    American actor
  3. 1956
    Peak, #910
    67 babies named Lex — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1963
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,403.
  5. 1986
    Lex Immers born
    Dutch footballer
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name
  • A diminutive of the male given name Alexander
  • A diminutive of the female given names Alexandra, Alexia, and Alexis
Namesakes
  • Lex Barker · American actor, 1919–1973
  • Lex Immers · Dutch footballer, born 1986
  • Lex Schoenmaker · Dutch footballer and manager, born 1947
  • Lex Lang · American voice actor, born 1965
  • Lex Jacoby · Luxembourgian writer, 1930–2015

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.