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Alexander

OriginGreek
Meaning"defending men"
GenderBoy

About Alexander

Variation of Alasdair

4 syllables.

As of September 2026, Alexander ranked #30 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #4 in 2009, Nameberry popularity #63.

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Famous Alexanders

  • Alexander the Great

    Macedonian conqueror

  • Alexander I and II

    Emperors of Russia

  • Alexander

    King of Greece

  • Alexander I

    III, Kings of Scotland

  • Alexander

    King of Yugoslavia

  • Willem

    Alexander Claus George Ferdinand of Orange,Nassau, King of the Netherlands

  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Scottish inventor of the telephone

  • Alexander Hamilton

    Revolutionary War general, first Secretary of the Treasury and American Founding Father

  • (Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich) Alexander von Humboldt

    German biogeographer

  • Alexander Calder

    American sculptor

  • Alexander William Gaskarth

    American singer of pop/punk band All Time Low

  • Alexander Ludwig

    Canadian actor

  • Alexander Meigs Haig

    United States general and Secretary of State

  • Alexander Pope

    English poet

  • Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin

    American actor

  • Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgard

    Swedish actor

  • Alexander

    Jewish leader (Acts 4:6)

  • Alexander Cameron Rutherford

    Canadian politician; 1st Premier of Alberta

  • Alexander

    Bishop of Lincoln

  • Alexander Igoryevich Rybak

    Belarusian,Norwegian singer,songwriter

  • Alexander Jerome Gould

    American voice actor

  • Alexander David "Alex" Turner

    English lead singer of Arctic Monkeys

  • Alexander David "Alex" Linz

    American actor

  • Alexander Peden

    Scottish Covenanter preacher

  • Alexander James "AJ" McLean

    American singer of the Backstreet Boys

  • Alexander Armstrong

    English comedian and presenter

  • Alexander Masters

    English author

  • Alexander Dimmi

    Yugoslavian singer

  • Alexander Kapranos

    lead singer of Scottish band Franz Ferdinand

  • Alexander "Alex" Hirsch

    creator of Disney cartoon "Gravity Falls" and Actually Satan

  • Miss J. Alexander

    runway coach on "America's Next Top Model"

  • Alexander Instøy

    member of Norwegian boy band The Main Level

  • Alexander Vail "Alex" Eckstein

    American child actor; triplet brother of Benjamin and Caleb

  • Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko

    President of Belarus

  • Alexander Massialas

    American fencer

  • Alexander Gamelin

    American,born ice dancer who represents South Korea

  • Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård

    Swedish actor

  • Alexander Thomas "Alex" Castle

    German music producer of "Twoloud"

  • Alexander Timothy "Alex" Marshall

    American musician of rock band "The Cab"

  • Alexander Biehn (b. 2003)

    son of actor Michael Biehn

  • Alexander Puck (b. 2006)

    son of celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck

  • Alexander "Sasha" Pete Schrieber (b. 2007)

    son of actors Liev Schrieber and Naomi Watts

  • Alexander David Conrod (b. 2010)

    son of journalist and TV personality Nina García

  • Alexander "Zander" Rafahi Mehran

    III (b. 2011), son of model Maggie Rizer

  • Alexander "Jack" John Buckley Ford (b. 2012)

    son of fashion designer Tom Ford

  • Alexander Frost Brown (b. 2014)

    son of country music singer Zac Brown

  • Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil of Sweden

    Duke of Södermanland (b. 2016), son of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland and Princess Sofia of Sweden, Duchess of Värmland

  • Alexander Clooney (b. 2017)

    son of actor George Clooney and Amal Clooney; twin of sister Ella

  • Talus Alexander Meraz

    son of actor Alex Meraz

  • Alexander Gere (b. 2019)

    son of American actor Richard Gere & Spanish publicist Alejandra Silva

  • Alexander "Alex" Adam

    English singer/gitarist of ROAM

  • Alexander "Alex" Costello

    English singer of ROAM

  • Alexander "Sascha" Zverev

    German tennis player

  • Alexander J. Newall

    creator of Rusty Quill, story editor on "The Magnus Archives"

  • Alexander Albon

    Thai-British Formula 1 driver

  • Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin

    Russian ice hockey player

  • Alexander Stanislavovich Romanov

    Russian ice hockey player

Alexander in pop culture

  • Alexander Rozhenko

    Worf's son on TV's "Star Trek: The Next Generation"

  • Alexander Saxton

    character in "Horror Express"

  • Dr. Alexander "Alex" Karev

    character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"

  • Alexander "Xander" Harris

    main character on TV's "Buffy The Vampire Slayer"

  • Alexander "Alec" Lightwood

    character in 'The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare

  • Alexander Ashford

    character in the Resident Evil video game series

  • Alexander von Brennenburg

    character in video game "Amnesia: The Dark Descent"

  • Alexander "Alex" Mercer

    character in video game series Prototype

  • Sir Alexander Dane/Dr. Lazarus

    character in movie "Galaxy Quest"

  • Alexander Szukalski

    character from "Night Trains" by Barbara Wood

  • Alexander Goth

    character in "The Sims"

  • Alexander Cross

    character in "The Sims"

  • Alexander "Alex" Summers

    also known as Havok, character in Marvel Universe

  • Alexander Goodwin Pierce

    character in Marvel Universe

  • Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor

    character in DC Universe

  • Alexander Knox

    character in DC Universe

  • Alexander

    a maleficent, ancient deity in the video game Final Fantasy XI

  • "Alexander and the Terrible

    Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day," children's book by Judith Viorst and 2014 movie

  • Alexander DeLarge

    main character in "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess

  • Alexander “Alex” Katsopolis

    character on TV’s Full House and Fuller House

Variations & nicknames

  • AlexeiRussian
  • AlessandroItalian
  • AlexiosGreek
  • AlasdairScottish Gaelic
  • SándorHungarian
  • AlexioPortuguese
  • SashaRussian
  • SandroItalian
  • AleksandrRussian
  • ShuraRussian
  • AlexandreFrench
  • SanyaRussian
  • AlexandrosGreek
  • AlastarIrish Gaelic
  • AlistairScottish Gaelic
  • AlejandroSpanish
  • AlexandruRomanian

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  • Lex
  • Xan
  • Xander
  • Al
  • Ally
  • Xand
  • Zander
  • Alexi
  • Alexei

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