Gender Masculine
Scripts Александр(Russian, Ukrainian) 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

Rootsalexo + aner
VariantsAlexandr, Alexsandr(Russian) Oleksander, Oleksandr(Ukrainian)
DiminutivesAleks, Alex, Alik, Sanya, Sasha, Sashok, Shura(Russian) Aleks(Armenian) Aleks(Ukrainian)
Other Languages & CulturesAleksandër, Skënder(Albanian) Eskender, Eskinder(Amharic) Alexander, Alexandros(Ancient Greek) Iskandar(Arabic) Alesander(Basque) Aliaksandr(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) Aleksandrs, Alekss(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, Saša(Serbian) Alexander, Aleš(Slovak) Aleksander, Aleks, Aleš, Sandi, Saša, Sašo(Slovene) Alejandro, Ale, Álex(Spanish) Alexander, Alex(Swedish) İskender(Turkish) Sikandar(Urdu) Sender(Yiddish)
Surname DescendantsAleksandrov, Aleksandrova(Russian)

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Entry updated October 6, 2024