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Alec

Masculine
Origin: English Syllables: 2 Length: 4 letters

Meaning & Etymology

"Defender of the People"

Phonetic Key (Double Metaphone): ALK
Used for sound-alike matching

Linguistic Connections

Spelling & Dialect Variants

1 related
Alick (English)

Cross-Cultural Cognates

13 cognates
Alejandra (Spanish) Alejandro (Spanish) Alessa (Italian) Alessandro (Italian) Alexander (Greek) Alexandra (Greek) Alexandre (French) Alexandrina (Greek) Alexandro (American) Alexi (Slavic) Alexia (American) Alexis (Russian) Alistair (Scottish)

Sound-Alike Names

Phonetically similar names sharing the "ALK" sound key and 2 syllables

Alka

Feminine Indian (Sanskrit) given name

Young

Elga

Feminine Anglo-Saxon given name

Elfs spear

Elka

Feminine Hebrew given name

Oath to God

Elke

Feminine Dutch given name

Noble, Kind

Ilka

Feminine Hungarian given name

Light

Oleg

Masculine Slavic given name

Holy Light

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