Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Lexy
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Meaning
“Defender of men”
Feminine variant of Lexi or Alexa, short forms of Alexandra from Greek Alexandros; the y-ending version feels more casual and American than the standard Lexi.
Nicknames
lex
Vibe
strongplayful
How it ages.
Casual and 1990s-2000s American; feels slightly more dated than Lexi, which itself has softened.
The cultural moment.
Used in the US and UK primarily in the 1990s-2000s; declining among newborns.