Meaning 
The name Zander 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, Zander is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 386 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Zander rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 8 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 290 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Zander in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Zander and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Zander: 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
Variants 
The name Zander 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)
Style 
We think the name Zander should fall under the following style category: Everlasting. See other Everlasting boy names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Zander to be: An influential and highly intelligent chapIn one word, you might describe Zander as a(n) " influential" person. See other "influential" names for boys.
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