Gender Masculine
Usage Scottish
Meaning & History
Anglicized form of Alasdair.
Related Names
DiminutiveAlly
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, Sander, 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 (French) Alexandre (Galician) Aleksandre, Sandro (Georgian) Alexander, Alex (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) 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 DescendantsMcAlister (Scottish) MacAlastair (Scottish Gaelic)
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Entry updated December 1, 2024