Alexis

plural Alexises

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

   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.

   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, →ISBN, page 120

   1 more example

   "It's almost too realistic, too digital and computery," complains Alexis Vogel, a veteran celebrity makeup artist who recently worked on "Stacked," a high-def show starring Pamela Anderson.

   2005 June 12, Clive Thompson, “Not Ready for Their Close-Up”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2021