Gender Masculine
Scripts Ալեքսանդր (Armenian)
Pronounced Pron. /ɐ.ljɪk.ˈsandr/ (Russian) /ɑ.lɛkh.ˈsɑn.dəɾ/ (Eastern Armenian) /ɑ.lɛkh.ˈsɑn.thəɾ/ (Western Armenian) [key ·simplify]
Meaning & History
Russian and Armenian form of Alexander. This name was borne by the Russian writer Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837).
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesAleksandër, Skënder (Albanian) Eskender, Eskinder (Amharic) Alexander, Alexandros (Ancient Greek) Iskandar (Arabic) 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) 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) Alejandro, Ale, Álex (Spanish) Alexander, Alex (Swedish) İskender (Turkish) Oleksander, Oleksandr, Oles, Sasha (Ukrainian) Sikandar (Urdu) Iskender (Uyghur) Sender (Yiddish)
Surname DescendantsAleksandrov, Aleksandrova (Russian)
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Entry updated July 18, 2025