Gender Masculine
Pronounced Pron. /a.lɛk.zɑ̃dʁ/(French) /ɐ.lɨ.ˈʃɐ̃.dɾɨ/(European Portuguese) /a.le.ˈʃɐ̃.dɾi/(Brazilian Portuguese) a-leh-SHAN-dreh(Galician) /ə.lək.ˈsan.dɾə/(Catalan)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Form of Alexander in several languages. This name was borne by the French author Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), who wrote The Three Musketeers.

Related Names

Rootsalexo + aner
DiminutivesAlex(French) Alex, Xande, Xandinho(Portuguese) Àlex(Catalan)
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) Alesander(Basque) Aliaksandr(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) 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) 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, Saša(Serbian) Alexander, Aleš(Slovak) Aleksander, Aleks, Aleš, Sandi, Saša, Sašo(Slovene) Alejandro, Ale, Álex(Spanish) Alexander, Alex(Swedish) İskender(Turkish) Aleksandr, Oleksander, Oleksandr, Aleks, Oles, Sasha(Ukrainian) Sikandar(Urdu) Sender(Yiddish)
Surname DescendantsAlexandre(French) Alexandre(Portuguese)

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Name Days

France: April 22

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Entry updated October 6, 2024