Meaning & History
Spanish form of Alexander. This was the most popular name for boys in Spain from the 1990s until 2006 (and again in 2011).
Related Names
Feminine FormsAlejandra, Alejandrina
Other Languages & CulturesAleksandër, Skënder (Albanian) Eskender, Eskinder (Amharic) Alexander, Alexandros (Ancient Greek) Iskandar (Arabic) Aleksandr, Aleks (Armenian) İsgəndər (Azerbaijani) Alesander (Basque) Aliaksandr, Alyaksandr (Belarusian) Alexander (Biblical) Alexandros (Biblical Greek) Aleksandar, Skender (Bosnian) Aleksandar, Sasho (Bulgarian) Alexandre, Àlex (Catalan) Aleksandar, Sandi, Saša (Croatian) Alexandr, Aleš, Alex (Czech) Alexander, Aleksander, Alex, Sander (Danish) Alexander, Alex, Lex, Sacha, Sander, Sascha, Xander (Dutch) Alexander, Al, Alec, Alex, Lex, Sandy, Xander, Zander (English) Aleksandro, Aleĉjo (Esperanto) Aleksander, Sander (Estonian) Aleksanteri, Ale, Samppa, Santeri, Santtu (Finnish) Alexandre, Alex, Sacha, Sasha (French) Alexandre (Galician) Aleksandre, Sandro (Georgian) Alexander, Alex, Sascha (German) Alexandros, Alekos, Alex (Greek) Alexander, Alexandros (Greek Mythology) Alexander, Alex, Sándor, Sanyi (Hungarian) Alexander, Alex (Icelandic) Iskandar (Indonesian) Alastar (Irish) Alessandro, Ale, Sandro (Italian) Iskender (Kyrgyz) Aleksandrs, Alekss, Sandis (Latvian) Aleksandras (Lithuanian) Aleksandar, Aca, Ace, Aco, Sasho, Saško, Sašo (Macedonian) Iskandar (Malay) Aleksander, Alexander, Alex, Sander (Norwegian) Sikandar (Pashto) Eskandar (Persian) Aleksander, Aleks, Olek (Polish) Alexandre, Alex, Xande, Xandinho (Portuguese) Alexandru, Alex, Sandu (Romanian) Aleksandr, Alexandr, Alexsandr, Aleks, Alex, Alik, Sanya, Sasha, Sashok, Shura (Russian) Sawney (Scots) Alastair, Alistair, Alister, Ally (Scottish) Alasdair (Scottish Gaelic) Aleksandar, Aca, Aco, Aleksa, Saša (Serbian) Alexander, Aleš (Slovak) Aleksander, Aleks, Aleš, Sandi, Saša, Sašo (Slovene) Alexander, Alex (Swedish) İskender (Turkish) Oleksander, Oleksandr, Oles, Sasha (Ukrainian) Sikandar (Urdu) Iskender (Uyghur) Sender (Yiddish)
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Entry updated December 14, 2019