Gender Masculine
Meaning & History
Dutch, Estonian, Danish and Norwegian short form of Alexander.
Related Names
Feminine FormsAlexandra (Dutch) Aleksandra (Estonian) Alexandra (Danish) Alexandra (Norwegian)
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, Al, Alec, Alex, Lex, Sandy, Xander, Zander (English) Aleksandro, Aleĉjo (Esperanto) 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) 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) Alejandro, Ale, Álex (Spanish) Alexander, Alex (Swedish) İskender (Turkish) Oleksander, Oleksandr, Oles, Sasha (Ukrainian) Sikandar (Urdu) Iskender (Uyghur) Sender (Yiddish)
Surname DescendantSander (Danish)
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Entry updated November 20, 2020