Alexander

Greek

"defending men"

Alexander Origin and Meaning

Variation of Alasdair

Alexander Rank in US Top 1000

# 27 in the US

Alexander Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 32 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Alexander

• 27 US 2024
• 32 Nameberry 2025
• 37 Canada 2024
• 43 Future 2035
• 36 England 2024
• 13 scotland 2024
• 44 Ireland 2024
• 22 Australia 2024
• 42 New Zealand 2024
• 39 Germany 2024
• 78 Netherlands 2024
• 11 Mexico 2021
• 36 sweden 2024
• 49 Norway 2024
• 47 Denmark 2024
• 6 Iceland 2024
• 61 Belgium 2024
• 57 switzerland 2024
• 19 Austria 2024
• 92 Hungary 2024
• 100 Poland 2024
• 21 Estonia 2024
• 63 Chile 2021

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Famous People Named Alexander

• 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"

The name 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

International Variations of the name Alexander

• Alexei Russian
• Alessandro Italian
• Alexios Greek
• Alasdair Scottish Gaelic
• Sándor Hungarian
• Alexio Portuguese
• Sasha Russian
• Sandro Italian
• Aleksandr Russian
• Shura Russian
• Alexandre French
• Sanya Russian
• Alexandros Greek
• Alastar Irish Gaelic
• Alistair Scottish Gaelic
• Alejandro Spanish
• Alexandru Romanian