Alexander

Alexander \a-le-xan-der, al-exand-er\ is a boy's name. It consists of 9 letters and 4 syllables.

The baby boy name Alexander is pronounced as aaLahKSAANDahR in Dutch, aeLahGZAENDahR in English, or aaLehKSAANDehR in German ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Alexander: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; G as in "grin (G.R.IH.N)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)"

What is the origin of Alexander?

Alexander is a Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic name of Old Greek origin. The name is of the meaning defender of men. Derived from the elements 'alexein' meaning to ward off, to defend ; 'aner' meaning man. Alexandros (Old Greek) is an older form of Alexander. The name was first borne by Paris the prince of Troy, who was given the nickname by herdsmen whom he had defended. It later appeared in the Macedonian royal family, who alternately named their kings Alexander and Philip. The most famous bearer was Alexander III, better known as Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), the King of Macedonia who in his twenties conquered most of Asia Minor, Babylon, Egypt, Persia, and Syria. Through his conquests and widely translated accounts of his life in the medieval 'Alexander romances', the name came into widespread use throughout Europe. At least twenty saints, three Russian emperors and eight popes later bore the name. The name was even adopted in Hebrew after his benign reign over Palestine. English speakers adopted the name from the 12th century. It was especially popular in Scotland after it was borne by three Scottish kings, starting from Alexander I, who was given his name by his mother, who was partially of Hungarian descent. The name was popular in Hungary, was not formerly used in Scotland. In literature, Alexander is the name of the servant to Cressida in William Shakespeare's play The History of Troilus and Cressida (1602). Alexander is a variant (Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic) of the name short names for Alexandros (Greek). The name Alexandra name popularity (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish) is the female version of Alexander. Alexander is a widely used name; it has 136 variants that are used in both English and other languages.

used in English consist of Alasdair meaning of name (also used in Scottish), Alastar name popularity (also used in Irish), Alaxander meaning of name, nicknames for Aleczander, Alejandro definition (also used in Spanish), short names for Alek (also used in Russian), baby name Aleks, Aleksandar pronounciation (also used in Slavic), Alekzander pronounciation, name Alessander origin, name Alessandro (also used in Italian and Spanish), meaning of Alessio, meaning of Alexan, Alexandr name variations (also used in Czech and Russian), Alexandra name variations, name Alexandre meaning (also used in Catalan, French, Galician, Hungarian, and Portuguese), short names for Alexandro (also used in Esperanto and Spanish), Alexsander meaning and origin, what does the name Alexxander mean, Alexzander meaning and origin, Aliks meaning, what does the name Alisander mean, Alissander meaning and origin, name Alissandre, what does the name Alistair mean, Alix meaning of name, Alixander name popularity, what does the name Alixandre mean, what does the name Allejandro mean, Allessandro pronounciation, Alsander meaning (also used in Gaelic and Irish), Callister pronounciation, Lexi name variations, Sande meaning and origin, and Saunders pronounciation. Other English forms consist of the contractions what does the name Al mean, Alec definition (also used in Greek, and Scottish), Aleck meaning and origin, name Alex meaning (also used in German), Alexi meaning of name, Alexis name popularity (also used in Greek), short names for Alexy, Alic meaning (also used in Spanish), nicknames for Alick, Alik name popularity (also used in German, and Spanish), Lex name (also used in German), name Lexus meaning, Sander meaning (also used in Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish), Xan meaning, Xander name variations (also used in Dutch, German, and Greek), and Zander name (also used in Greek, and Slavic), the pet forms Allie definition, baby name Sanders, Sandy meaning (also used in Scottish), and Sawnie pronounciation (also used in Scottish), and the variant spellings nicknames for Alexandar, Alexandor meaning and origin, and Alyxander name variations. Foreign variants of Alexander consist of short names for Alastair (Scottish), Aleixandre definition (Catalan), meaning of Alejandrino (Spanish), name Alejo meaning (Spanish), Alekanekelo name popularity (Hawaiian), Alekko pronounciation (Slavic), baby name Alekos (Greek), Aleksander name variations (Albanian, Armenian, Estonian, Polish, Slavic, and Yiddish), name Aleksandr origin (Russian), Aleksandro name variations (Esperanto), name Aleksandur (Slavic), what does the name Aleksanteri mean (Finnish), name Aleksy (Polish), Ales name popularity (Czech), Alesander name variations (Basque), nicknames for Alesandro (Spanish), Alesandros name popularity (Spanish), name Alesi meaning (Spanish), meaning of Alesio (Spanish), Alesis pronounciation (Spanish), name Alessandre (Brazilian), short names for Alessandri (Chilean), what does the name Alexandros mean (Greek), Alexandru name (Romanian), name Alexio (Portuguese), name Alister (Scottish), meaning of Aljoscha (Russian), Alsandair meaning (Irish), nicknames for Alsandare (Irish), Alyksandr pronounciation (Ukrainian), Axel name (German), short names for Elek (Hungarian), Eskandar name popularity (Iranian), baby name Iskandar (Arabic and Turkish), Iskander name (Afghan, Arabic, and Turkish), meaning of Iskender (Turkish), Iskinder meaning of name (Ethiopian), name Jandino origin (Spanish), Jando definition (Spanish), baby name Leksik (Czech), Lekso meaning and origin (Czech), Les pronounciation (Russian), nicknames for Oleksander (Ukrainian), Oleksandr meaning of name (Russian and Ukrainian), Olesko meaning and origin (Russian), Olexei name (Slavic), Sacha meaning of name (Russian), name Sandaidh meaning (Gaelic), Sandor meaning of name (Hungarian), Sanyi meaning (Hungarian), name Sashenka (Russian), Sashka meaning of name (Russian), name Sender meaning (Yiddish), what does the name Shurik mean (Russian), nicknames for Shurka (Russian), short names for Sikander (Indian), what does the name Skender mean (Albanian and Romanian), and what does the name Zindel mean (Yiddish). Specific foreign variants consist of the contractions name Aleksei origin (Russian), what does the name Alexei mean (Russian), name Sandro meaning (Italian and Spanish), Santeri meaning and origin (Finnish), and Sándor meaning and origin (Hungarian), and the pet forms Alechjo definition (Esperanto), short names for Aleko (Slavic), nicknames for Leka (Albanian), name Leks origin (Estonian), Lexo pronounciation (Slavic), name Olech (Polish), Olek meaning (Polish), Oles meaning and origin (Polish and Russian), Olexa meaning of name (Czech), baby name Santtu (Finnish), Sanya name variations (Russian), short names for Sascha (German), short names for Sasha (Russian), Sawney meaning (Scottish), and Shura definition (Russian). See also the related forms, Pier Alexander name and Pierre Alexan name variations. Alexander is very popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity jumped from the 1950s up to the 1990s. At the height of its usage in 1993, 0.994% of baby boys were given the name Alexander. Its ranking then was #21. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2010, its usage was 0.818% and its ranking #6, was nonetheless the most popular within all boy names in its group. In 2010, Alexander was more widely used than the next most popular name, baby name Alex, by 4 times. Alexander has predominantly been a baby boy name, though in the past century it has also been used for girls. In 1992, baby boys named Alexander outnumbered girls by 91 times.

The following famous people share the name Alexander:

• Bacteriologist Alexander Fleming, born 6 August 1881 - 11 March 1955, Lochfield, Aryshire, Scotland
• Baseball Player Alex Rodriguez, born Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez, 27 July 1975, New York, New York
• Emperor Alexander the Great, born 356 B.C.323 B.C., Pella, Macedonia
• Explorer Alexander MacKenzie, born 1764 - 12 March 1820, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
• Inventor Alexander Graham Bell, born Alexander Bell, 3 March 1847 - 2 August 1922, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Military Leader Alexander Haig, born Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr., 2 December 1924, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Poet Alexander Pope, born 21 May 1688 - 30 May 1744, London, England
• Poet Alexander Pushkin, born Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, 6 June 1799 - 10 February 1837, Moscow, Russia
• Politician Alexander Kerensky, born Alexandr Feodorovich Kerensky, 22 April 1881 - 11 June 1970, Simbirsk, Russia
• Politician Alexander Lukashenko, born 30 August 1954, Kopys, B.S.S.R., U.S.S.R.

List of baby names that sound like Alexander:

Aleksander name (Albanian, Armenian, Estonian, Polish, Slavic, and Yiddish), name Alecander, Alecsander meaning, baby name Aleczander, name Aleksandar (English and Slavic), name Aleksandr meaning (Russian), name Aleksandro (Esperanto), meaning of Aleksandur (Slavic), what does the name Alekzander mean, meaning of Alesander (Basque), Alesandro meaning and origin (Spanish), Alessander definition, Alessandre pronounciation (Brazilian), what does the name Alessandri mean (Chilean), name Alessandro (English, Italian, and Spanish), Alexandr pronounciation (Czech, English, and Russian), Alexandra name, Alexandro pronounciation (English, Esperanto, and Spanish), Alexandru meaning (Romanian), and meaning of Alexjandro.

The baby name Alexander fun facts:

The name Alexander in reverse order is "Rednaxela".

The numerological value of the name Alexander is number 3, which means expression, verbalization, socialization, the arts, the joy of living.

How popular is Alexander?

Alexander is in the top names in USA.