Gender Masculine
Usage French, Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Pronounced Pron. /a.lɛk.sɑ̃dʁ/ (French) /ɐ.lɨ.ˈʃɐ̃.dɾɨ/ (European Portuguese) /a.le.ˈʃɐ̃.dɾi/ (Brazilian Portuguese) /a.le.ˈʃan.ðɾɪ/ (Galician) /ə.lək.ˈsan.dɾə/ (Catalan) [key ·simplify]
Meaning & History
French, Portuguese, Galician and Catalan form of Alexander. This name was borne by the French author Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), who wrote The Three Musketeers among other notable works.
Related Names
Feminine FormsAlexandra (French) Alexandra, Alexandrina (Portuguese) Alexandra (Catalan)
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) 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) 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) 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) Alejandro, Ale, Álex (Spanish) Alexander, Alex (Swedish) İskender (Turkish) Oleksander, Oleksandr, Oles, Sasha (Ukrainian) Sikandar (Urdu) Iskender (Uyghur) Sender (Yiddish)
Popularity
People think this name is
classic mature formal upper class strong refined strange complex serious
Name Days
France: April 22
Categories
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Entry updated May 26, 2026