Meaning of Alexander
and the Origins of this baby name
Meaning  The name Alexander has the following meaning:
Defender of mankind. A consistently popular name with a great number of variations today.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.
Popularity
As a baby boy name, Alexander is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 16 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Alexander rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 2 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 4 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Alexander in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Pronunciation  The name Alexander is pronounced as eh-lek-zand-ur
Origins Related names The following names are baby names related to Alexander and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Alexander: Boys - Griffin, Homer, Mathias, Oceanus, Sanders, Girls - Calla, Crystal, Daria, Dionysia, Elliana, Iphigenia, Metta, Penelope, Philomena, Tiffany, Both genders - Agnes, Alpha, Andra, Andrew, Angel, BarbaraVariants Popular Variants for the name Alexander: 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) Nicknames Common nicknames for the name Alexander are: Alex, Sandy, Sasha, Xander, Zander, Sander,Lex
Style We think the name Alexander should fall under the following style category: Everlasting. See other Everlasting boy namesImpression Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Alexander to be: An influential and highly intelligent chapIn one word, you might describe Alexander as a(n) " influential" person. See other "influential" names for boys. |
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