Meaning of name Alec

The name Alec has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Alec is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 218 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Alec fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 15 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 405 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Alec in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Alec is very likely a(n) English variant of the name Alexander. See other suggested English boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Alexander.

The following names are baby names related to Alec and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Alec: Boys - Griffin, Homer, Mathias, Oceanus, Sanders, Girls - Calla, Crystal, Daria, Dionysia, Elliana, Iphigenia, Metta, Penelope, Philomena, Tiffany, Both genders - Agnes, Alpha, Andra, Andrew, Angel, Barbara

The name Alec is a variant of Alexander. Other popular variants of the name Alexander are: Alasdair, Alec (English), Alecsander, Alejandro (Spanish), Alessandro (Italian), Alex, Alexan, Alexandar, Alexandre (French), Alexandro, Alexandru (Romanian), Alexio (Portugese), Alexis, Alexsander, Alexzander, Alisander, Alistair (Scottish), Alixander, Alsandare, Lex, Sandor (Hungarian), Sandro, Sandy, Xan, Xander (Dutch), Zander (English)

We think the name Alec should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Alec to be: An influential and highly intelligent chap

In one word, you might describe Alec as a(n) "influential" person.

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