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Alexander

in the US

There are 120,854 people with the first name "Alexander" in the United States.

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Alexander 368
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  1. is 364th most common Claudia
  2. is 365th most common Loretta
  3. is 366th most common Erica
  4. is 367th most common Ronnie
  5. is 368th most common Alexander
  6. is 369th most common Yolanda
  7. is 370th most common Warren
  8. is 371st most common Doug
  9. is 372nd most common Tamara

Similar Names and Nicknames

Alex, Alexandar, Al, Alexi, Allex, Alexa

Most Common Last Names for Alexander

Smith, Brown, Johnson, Williams, Rodriguez, Garcia, Martinez, Jones, Lopez, Hernandez

Meaning & History

(male) From the Latin form of the Greek name Alexandros, from alexein ‘to defend’ + anēr ‘man, warrior’ (genitive andros). The name became extremely popular in the post-classical period, and was borne by several individuals in the New Testament and some early Christian saints. Its use as a common given name throughout Europe, however, derives largely from the fame of Alexander the Great, King of Macedon (356–323 bc), around whom a large body of popular legend grew up in late antiquity, much of which came to be embodied in the medieval ‘Alexander romances’.

Short forms (also Scottish): Al, Alex, Alec, Alick.

Pet forms: Sandy (chiefly Scottish; Gaelic Sandaidh); Lexy, Lexie.

Cognates: Irish: Alastar. Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair (Anglicized as Alistair). German, Dutch: Alexander. Scandinavian: Alexander. French: Alexandre. Spanish: Alejandro. Catalan: Aleixandre. Portuguese: Alexandre. Italian: Alessandro. Russian: Aleksandr. Polish: Aleksander. Czech: Alexandr. Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian: Aleksandar. Slovenian: Aleksander. Finnish: Aleksanteri. Hungarian: Sándor.

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