Xander

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Diminutive of Alexander, Greek

"defending men"

Xander Origin and Meaning

Variation of Alexander

Xander Rank in US Top 1000

# 216 in the US

Xander Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 367 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Xander

• 216 US 2024
• 367 Nameberry 2025
• 128 Future 2028
• 198 England 2024
• 180 scotland 2024

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Famous People Named Xander

• Xander Yan Bogaerts Aruban baseball player
• Alexander Harper "Xander" Berkeley American actor
• Alexander "Xander" Rawlins English singer,songwriter
• Xander Corvus American actor
• Xander Theodore Shanxi Kostroma Welsh fashion designer
• Alexander "Xander" Angeles Filipino fashion photographer
• Xander Parish English ballet dancer
• Xander McGuire (b. 2004) son of actor Eddie McGuire
• Xander Dane Jones (b. 2011) son of actress January Jones
• Xander Maximilian Perks (b. 2016) son of model Noelle Reno and Nick Perks

The name Xander in Pop Culture

• Jonathan Alexander (Xander) Emerson main male character in Scarlett Avery’s book “Delectably British”.
• Alexander Lavelle "Xander" Harris character on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
• Xander Carrow character in the Matched trilogy by Ally Condie
• Xander (pronounced "Alexander") Spence character in "The Distance Between Us" by Kasie West
• Xander character in the Pandora series by Carolyn Hennesy
• Xander Clavell character in "The Sims 3" computer game
• Xander character in the video game Fire Emblem: Fates
• Xander character on TV's "Bunk'd"
• Xander Cage main protagonist in "xXx" movies series
• Xander Hale character in the Addicted Series
• Alexander "Xander" Hawthorne character in bestselling Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• Xander character in "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga