Around the world, Legist (Lex 
, Legist 
, Legista 
) is quite a common principally boy's, but very infrequently female first name. The first name Legist is characteristic of Suriname, where it is quite a common male name, Luxembourg, and Montenegro, where it is quite a rare feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Indonesia, and Philippines. Also, Legist is the last name as well as the forename.
Legist is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Lex Luthor , the supervillain appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, Justice League; Lex Luthor , the fictional character from the television series Smallville; Lex Luthor , the fictional character from the television series Supergirl, The Flash; Lex Luthor, Jr. , character in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Lex Luthor , the villain in the film Superman (1978), among other works.