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Alexander (girl)

What does Alexander mean?

Alexander Pronunciation of Alexander as a girls' name (also used more generally as boys' name Alexander) is a Greek name, and the name Alexander means "man's defender". Alexander is an alternate spelling of Alexandra (Greek): Latinate feminine variant spelling of Alexander. See also Alastair, Alexandria, Cassandra, Olexa, Ritsa, Sasha, Shura

STARTS/ENDS WITH Alex-, -er

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, defender

Variations

VARIANTS Alyxandra, Alixandria, Alixandra, Alexsandra, Alexandrine, Alexandrina, Alexandria, Alexandretta, Alexandrene, Alexandrena, Alexandreana, Alexandrea, Alexandre, Alexanderine, Alexanderia, Alexanda, Aleksandra

OTHER FORMS VIA ALEXANDRA Alejanda, Alejandra, Alesandare, Alesandere, Alexene, Alexine, Allexandra

MASCULINE FORMS Alasdair, Alastair, Alec, Alejandro, Alex, Alexis, Alistair, Evander, Isandro, Iskander, Lexer, Macallister, Olexei, Sacha, Sander, Sandor, Sandy, Shura, Xander, Zander, Zindel

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Alexander Adelynn (A.A.), ..

How popular is Alexander?

Alexander is a somewhat popular first name for women (#2170 out of 4276, Top 51%) and an even more popular surname for both adults and children (#111 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Alexander entered the list in 1980-1989 and reached its peak rank of #873 in the U.S. in the year 1990, but is not ranked currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Alexander name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Alexander outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent varying forms of Alexander are Alexandra (#125 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Alexandria (#282), Alejandra (#512), Sasha (#571), Cassandra (#662), Aleksandra, Alexandrea and Alexsandra. Other variants, like Alesandere, are seldom used. Adoption of these relations of Alexander was widespread among parents 26 years ago (MEDIAN #653) and has become much reduced since (#1128, 78%).



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Alexander, Alejandra, Aleksandra, Alexandra, Alexandrea in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Alexandria, Alexsandra, Cassandra, Sasha in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Alexandra, Alexandria, Cassandra outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Adelade, Adelaide, Adelinde, Alandra, Alane, Albane, Aleana, Aleanor, Alease, Aleine, Alene, Alenne, Alenor, Alessanda, Alessandra, Alessandre, Alexa, Alexanna, Alexanne, Alexea, Alexena, Alexie, Alexina, Aleyne, Alisanne, Allejandra, Allexine (see Alexandra), Alysanne, Amande, Amarande, Armande and Harmander. These names tend to be less commonly used than Alexander.

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