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Literary Characters: Alex Portnoy
Alex

Name origin: Greek

Name meaning: Defender of mankind; feminine form of Alexander

 
Portnoy

Name origin: Jewish (from Ukraine and Belarus)

Name meaning: occupational name for a tailor from Russian portnoj (an adjective derivative of port ‘uncut cloth’).

 
 
 
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