Definition of "Alexis"

Alexis

proper noun
plural Alexises
1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
  Quotations
  To the maid of his choice, / With a heart palpitating, / Comes Alexis the brave.
  1877 W. S. Gilbert - Arthur Sullivan, The Sorcerer, Act I
2. A female given name from Ancient Greek, transferred from the male name and used since the 1940s.
  Quotations
  He wondered how parents who had named their daughter Alexis could possibly have known she'd turn out to be such a beauty.
  1990, Ed McBain, Vespers, Mandarin, published 1991, page 120