Aleksa (surname)
Appearance
Aleksa (surname) | |
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Lithuanian surname | |
m.: | Aleksa |
f.: (unmarried) | Aleksaitė |
f.: (married) | Aleksienė |
Origin | From a given name, diminutive from Alexander |
Aleksa is a Lithuanian-language surname derived from the diminutive of the name Aleksandras (Alexander).[1] Notable people with this surname include:
- Zigmas Angarietis (1882–1940), Lithuanian communist politician; birth surname Aleksa
- Jonas Dainius Aleksa , Lithuanian musician, a recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts
- Jonas Pranas Aleksa, minister of agriculture of Lithuania, 1926