Alexander as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Alexander

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The baby name Alexander is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /ˌælɪɡˈzændər/ (AL-ig-ZAN-der).

Alexander is Greek in Origin.

Gender: Male

Syllables: 4.0

Origin: Greek

Pronunciation: /ˌælɪɡˈzændər/ (AL-ig-ZAN-der)

What is the meaning of the name Alexander ?

The baby name Alexander is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /ˌælɪɡˈzændər/ (AL-ig-ZAN-der).

Alexander is Greek in Origin.

Alexander derives from the ancient Greek name Alexandros, formed from alexein “to defend” and anēr/andros “man,” hence “defender of men” or “protector of humankind.” Its prestige rose with Alexander the Great (4th century BCE), whose conquests spread the name across the Hellenistic world. It entered Western Europe via Latin and Old French (Alexandre) and has been borne by popes, patriarchs, and monarchs - from medieval Scotland to imperial Russia - cementing continuous use in the Christian and secular West.

International variants include Alexandre (French/Portuguese), Alessandro (Italian), Alejandro (Spanish), Aleksandr (Russian), Oleksandr (Ukrainian), Alastair/Alasdair (Scottish Gaelic), and Iskandar/Skandar/Sikandar in Persian and Arabic traditions. Feminine forms include Alexandra, Alessandra, Alejandra, and Aleksandra. Common diminutives and pet forms are Alex, Xander/Zander, Lex, Alec, Sasha, Sandro, and Sander. The name’s resilient cross-cultural appeal blends martial strength with protective benevolence.

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Severus Alexander

Politician · Born 208 · Ancient Rome

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Alexander Stubb

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Alexander Schallenberg

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Alexander De Croo

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Alexander Skarsgård

Actor · Born 1976 · Sweden

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Alexander III of Scotland

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Alexander II of Scotland

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Alexander I of Serbia

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Alexander Pokryshkin

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Alaksandu

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Name	Last Name(s)	Mother	Mother famous for	Fame Level	Father	Father famous for	Fame Level
Alexander	Clooney				George Clooney	film director	★★★★★
Alexander	Zemeckis	Mary Ellen Trainor	television actor	★★★★★	Robert Zemeckis	film director	★★★★★
Alexander	Skarsgård				Stellan Skarsgård	television actor	★★★★★
Alexander	Newley	Joan Collins	television actor	★★★★★	Anthony Newley	film director	★★★★★
Alexander	Trump Boulos	Tiffany Trump	singer	★★★★★

Alexander – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Boys	2025	#1	—	836
Germany	Boys	2025	#1	—	423
TM		0	#3	2	66
FJ		0	#6	1	374
SV	Boys	0	#7	26	352
SV		0	#7	5	283
FJ	Girls	0	#9	1	583
RU	Boys	0	#11	15,138	12,621
Germany	Boys	0	#12	25,436	5,697
HN		0	#13	10	704
Austria	Boys	0	#15	6,190	2,180
BG		0	#15	84	1,799
HN	Boys	0	#15	45	749
NL	Boys	2014	#17	178	79
BW		0	#17	3	960
Germany		0	#17	1,704	2,542
GT	Boys	0	#17	4,939	7,625
New Zealand	Boys	2010	#18	204	99
Iceland	Boys	2023	#18	1,235	60
RU		0	#18	646	3,641
Austria	Boys	2024	#19	349	60
CO	Boys	0	#19	60,130	15,656
PA	Boys	0	#20	4,989	9,305
Austria		0	#22	432	850
GT		0	#24	775	5,948
Iceland	Boys	0	#25	55	131
BG	Boys	0	#26	797	3,850
PA		0	#26	126	3,797
United States	Boys	2024	#27	7,517	7,044
CR	Boys	0	#28	3,689	10,188
ID		0	#28	12	2,238
NA		0	#28	6	2,537
BN		0	#31	2	2,297
EC	Boys	0	#32	685	3,322
EE		0	#33	5	1,051
HT	Boys	0	#33	2	903
TM	Boys	0	#33	4	614
Sweden	Boys	2022	#34	316	1,509
MD		0	#34	1	434
PE	Boys	0	#34	15,724	14,506
EC		0	#36	90	2,502
Canada	Boys	2024	#37	559	2,588
EE	Boys	0	#38	125	2,087
GE		0	#39	6	997
MT		0	#39	5	1,767
AZ		0	#43	1	706
PR		0	#43	13	1,497
CY	Boys	0	#46	119	3,473
PR	Boys	0	#46	220	2,508
Switzerland	Boys	2024	#47	106	1,769
DK	Boys	0	#47	1,142	7,401
CO		0	#49	2,402	7,768
MO		0	#49	4	2,706
CM		0	#55	2	2,592
CY		0	#55	6	1,632
LU		0	#61	6	2,830
MD	Boys	0	#62	20	756
PH		0	#62	35	5,607
BO	Boys	0	#63	4,079	9,244
KZ		0	#63	29	1,452
ID	Boys	0	#64	72	4,130
Belgium	Boys	2024	#65	136	401
JP		0	#66	12	4,057
KZ	Boys	0	#66	666	6,578
PE		0	#66	374	6,350
Norway	Boys	2025	#67	85	444
PH	Boys	0	#68	514	11,440
GR	Boys	0	#71	361	6,912
IN		0	#71	1	2,963
MV	Boys	0	#72	8	3,375
IL	Boys	0	#74	2,183	10,983
MT	Boys	0	#74	130	4,064
AL		0	#75	2	2,372
AO		0	#75	3	2,729
AF		0	#76	1	1,883
GR		0	#76	62	3,911
CN		0	#78	9	3,857
PS	Boys	0	#79	1,346	10,655
SI		0	#79	2	1,612
CR		0	#80	81	5,526
DK		0	#80	166	5,198
CL	Boys	0	#81	6,346	13,390
GE	Boys	0	#82	28	2,055
RS		0	#84	1	923
LT		0	#86	3	949
JM		0	#87	7	3,714
QA		0	#89	12	7,011
AF	Girls	0	#91	4	2,402
BO		0	#93	456	6,868
GH	Boys	0	#93	671	8,138
HU	Boys	0	#98	104	3,954
ID	Girls	0	#100	3	3,319
TW		0	#100	4	4,523
CZ	Boys	0	#102	384	6,530
SD		0	#102	1	2,130
OM		0	#105	12	6,215
UY	Boys	0	#106	1,405	5,922
KW		0	#107	10	5,216
PS		0	#108	116	5,692
HU		0	#109	7	1,675
LT	Boys	0	#110	44	2,166
MX	Boys	0	#111	8,570	16,355
BN	Boys	0	#112	22	6,332
BN	Girls	0	#114	1	5,459
NA	Boys	0	#122	119	6,830
CY	Girls	0	#123	3	3,755
NL	Boys	0	#126	3,641	5,873
AZ	Boys	0	#129	3	1,400
IQ		0	#129	5	3,533
MU		0	#136	2	3,613
AE		0	#137	41	10,220
IL		0	#137	162	6,291
JO		0	#137	4	2,158
RS	Boys	0	#146	9	2,277
BW	Boys	0	#148	7	4,685
BW	Girls	0	#150	2	4,216
Finland	Boys	2026	#151	3,287	3,552
Finland	Boys	0	#155	498	2,041
GH		0	#155	97	5,396
AR	Boys	0	#158	844	7,628
Spain	Boys	0	#158	3,301	5,610
CZ		0	#159	27	3,154
UY		0	#159	19	2,477
NL		0	#163	273	2,481
PR	Girls	0	#164	4	3,171
LU	Boys	0	#169	50	4,970
MO	Boys	0	#171	53	5,842
PL	Boys	0	#174	214	6,459
HR		0	#178	4	2,081
NG		0	#184	82	5,926
TW	Boys	0	#184	58	7,111
AR		0	#186	8	2,915
CN	Boys	0	#189	146	9,639
JM	Boys	0	#189	85	6,876
SI	Boys	0	#189	21	3,402
JP	Boys	0	#195	107	7,909
PL		0	#198	15	2,600
LT	Girls	0	#200	1	1,904
CL		0	#208	252	6,867
IR		0	#208	22	4,221
SG		0	#212	58	11,010
NG	Boys	0	#213	2,445	16,906
NA	Girls	0	#215	10	7,146
HU	Girls	0	#225	1	3,308
EC	Girls	0	#226	14	3,650
AL	Girls	0	#227	1	4,141
BG	Girls	0	#230	2	3,559
AO	Boys	0	#231	12	5,568
PT		0	#235	12	4,161
BD		0	#240	2	5,992
SA		0	#241	55	10,560
PT	Boys	0	#245	134	7,951
GR	Girls	0	#247	3	6,293
HR	Boys	0	#248	11	3,997
MY		0	#248	83	12,352
JP	Girls	0	#251	1	6,592
MO	Girls	0	#262	2	7,056
Finland		0	#266	42	830
AF	Boys	0	#268	7	3,535
AL	Boys	0	#270	29	5,122
IR	Boys	0	#273	392	10,162
JM	Girls	0	#274	5	7,507
HK	Boys	0	#276	346	12,905
IT	Boys	0	#276	4,869	10,046
Spain		0	#279	185	2,326
TW	Girls	0	#286	4	8,139
Canada	Girls	2004	#290	7	2,526
HK		0	#293	56	8,483
MY	Boys	0	#296	1,478	25,439
MX		0	#312	102	8,339
SD	Boys	0	#313	134	10,523
MU	Boys	0	#321	37	8,477
SG	Boys	0	#323	474	17,960
BR		0	#325	21	5,969
KZ	Girls	0	#326	7	5,862
DK	Girls	0	#329	1	7,429
GH	Girls	0	#330	8	6,973
JO	Boys	0	#337	41	7,057
France	Boys	2021	#338	50	2,865
JO	Girls	0	#338	2	7,570
QA	Girls	0	#340	4	15,378
ZA		0	#341	107	14,421
CZ	Girls	0	#351	1	5,378
YE		0	#353	29	8,639
SD	Girls	0	#357	2	7,678
MU	Girls	0	#361	2	8,539
PL	Girls	0	#364	1	5,096
PH	Girls	0	#376	15	13,098
BR	Boys	0	#404	441	12,213
EG		0	#405	8	6,387
BD	Girls	0	#406	1	8,413
Austria	Girls	0	#411	10	1,885
ZA	Boys	0	#411	1,348	25,619
OM	Girls	0	#424	1	15,987
RU	Girls	0	#432	67	11,913
PA	Girls	0	#438	44	9,861
QA	Boys	0	#438	278	18,093
IT		0	#439	307	4,183
CM	Boys	0	#445	106	12,054
GT	Girls	0	#451	55	7,500
BH		0	#458	96	17,937
PT	Girls	0	#471	1	7,952
LY		0	#477	59	12,703
KW	Girls	0	#505	11	19,177
CR	Girls	0	#511	22	11,342
IQ	Girls	0	#522	4	11,303
KW	Boys	0	#523	253	18,755
UY	Girls	0	#529	8	6,731
IQ	Boys	0	#538	130	13,071
AE	Girls	0	#541	13	20,968
IR	Girls	0	#542	4	8,334
PS	Girls	0	#542	6	10,981
BD	Boys	0	#546	31	10,045
NG	Girls	0	#553	249	15,093
CM	Girls	0	#556	5	11,671
SG	Girls	0	#576	11	18,916
SY		0	#578	153	11,684
BO	Girls	0	#581	31	9,488
AE	Boys	0	#583	613	22,615
LB		0	#586	73	13,263
EG	Boys	0	#590	316	15,035
HK	Girls	0	#606	10	16,104
AR	Girls	0	#623	8	8,289
IL	Girls	0	#637	9	11,648
IN	Girls	0	#652	3	13,121
TN		0	#656	178	13,765
OM	Boys	0	#663	219	17,948
Finland	Girls	2026	#725	14	3,895
SA	Boys	0	#742	1,242	28,008
CO	Girls	0	#760	344	16,140
CL	Girls	0	#778	74	14,098
Germany	Girls	0	#792	47	4,949
PE	Girls	0	#814	130	14,861
SA	Girls	0	#881	55	25,931
MA		0	#897	233	20,986
United States	Girls	2024	#907	10	8,487
IN	Boys	0	#919	83	16,750
Spain	Girls	0	#943	41	5,561
NL	Girls	0	#946	10	5,933
DZ		0	#957	220	20,130
MY	Girls	0	#960	35	24,821
BR	Girls	0	#987	6	12,708
EG	Girls	0	#1,001	9	14,742
MX	Girls	0	#1,019	165	17,781
TR		0	#1,078	134	19,440
ZA	Girls	0	#1,102	40	25,928
IT	Girls	0	#1,379	68	9,415

Alexander is popular in 98 countries — most recent births per country:

France

Norway

Ireland

Scotland, United Kingdom

Austria

Canada

Belgium

Brussels, Belgium

Flanders, Belgium

Germany

England & Wales, United Kingdom

New South Wales, Australia

Wallonia, Belgium

Switzerland

Sweden

United States

New York City (Asian & Pacific Islander), United States

New York City (Black, non-Hispanic), United States

New York City (Hispanic), United States

New York City (White, non-Hispanic), United States

New Zealand

Austria

Germany

Spain

Finland

Iceland

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