Lex is a given name. It is a common male name in the Netherlands, and is sometimes short for Alexander, Alexandra or Lexington.
People bearing the name include:
Lex Banning (1921-1965), Australian lyric poetLex Barker (1919-1973), American actorLex Davison (1923-1965), Australian racing driverLex van Delden (1919-1988), Dutch composerLex Frieden, disability activist and professorLex Gigeroff (c. 1962-2011), Canadian television writer and actor best known as co-creator of the science fiction series LexxLex Goudsmit (1913-1999), Dutch actorRobert A. Green (1892-1973), U.S. Representative from FloridaLex Humphries (1936-1994), jazz drummerLex Lang (born 1965), American voice actorLex Lasry (born 1948), Australian lawyer and a judge on the Supreme Court of VictoriaLex Law, Scottish former footballerLex Luger (born 1958), ring name of long-time professional wrestler Lawrence Wendell "Larry" PfohlLex McLean (1908-1975), Scottish comedianLex Schoenmaker (born 1947), Dutch former football player and managerAlexander Lex Shrapnel (born 1979), English actorLex Staley, half of the syndicated morning team Lex and TerryLex van den Berghe, a contestant in the television show Survivor: AfricaFictional characters so named include:
Lex Luthor, nemesis of SupermanAlexander Lexington, a Marvel Comics mutantAlexis "Lex" Murphy, in the Jurassic Park novel and film franchiseLex, in the TV series The Tribe (1999-2003) played by Caleb RossLex, in the game Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (1996)Lexx a sentient spaceship in the tv series of the same name.