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Alexander () is a male
name A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. They can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. The entity identified by a name is called its referent. A person ...
of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is
Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...
, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of
Macedonia Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia * Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity * Macedonia (Greece), a former administr ...
who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksander, Aleksandr, and Alekzandr. Related names and diminutives include
Iskandar Iskandar (name) or Eskandar also Iskander, Skandar, or Scandar is a given name and a surname. Iskandar or Eskandar or their varieties may also refer to: Places * Iskandar Malaysia, the new main southern development corridor in Johor, Malaysia * ...
,
Alec Alec or Aleck is a Scottish form of the given name Alex. It may be a shortened form of the name Alexander or a given name in its own right. Notable people with the name include: People * Alec Aalto (1942–2018), Finnish diplomat * Alec Acton ...
,
Alek Alek is a given name and alternative form of Alec. Notable people with the name include: * Alek Bédard (born 1996), Canadian curler * Alek D. Epstein (born 1975), Russian-Israeli sociologist of culture and politics * Alek Dzhabrailov (1976 ...
,
Alex Alex is a given name. Similar names are Alexander, Alexandra, Alexey or Alexis. People Multiple * Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Cook (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Forsyth (disambiguation), multiple people * Al ...
,
Alexsander Alexsander is a Portuguese people, Portuguese male given name, derived from Alexander. It may also refer to: * Alexsander (footballer, born 1998), Alexsander Jhonatta de Oliveira Andrade, Brazilian football midfielder for Vitória * Alexsander (f ...
, Alexandre,
Aleks ALEKS (Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces) is an online tutoring and assessment program that includes course material in mathematics, chemistry, introductory statistics, and business. Rather than being based on numerical test scores ...
, Aleksa,
Aleksandre Aleksandre ( ka, ალექსანდრე) is a Georgian masculine given name, an equivalent of Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient ...
,
Alejandro Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander. Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander ( Czech, Polish), Alexandre ( French), Alexandros ( Greek), Alsander ( Irish), Alessandro ( Italian), Aleksand ...
, Alessandro,
Alasdair Alasdair () is a Scottish Gaelic given name. The name is a Gaelic form of ''Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...
, Sasha,
Sandy Sandy may refer to: People and fictional characters *Sandy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Sandy (surname), a list of people * Sandy (Iranian music band), Iranian singer, comp ...
,
Sandro Sandro is an Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Georgian and Croatian given name, often a diminutive of Alessandro or Alexander. It is also a surname. Sandro may refer to: Given name or nickname Sports * Sandro (footballer, born 1973), Braz ...
, Sikandar,
Skander Skander is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Skander Djamil Athmani, (born 1992), Algerian athlete *Skander Cheikh (born 1987), Tunisian footballer *Skander Kasri (born 1958), Tunisian football mana ...
,
Sander A sander is a power tool used to smooth surfaces by abrasion with sandpaper. Sanders have a means to attach the sandpaper and a mechanism to move it rapidly contained within a housing with means to handhold it or fix it to a workbench. Woodw ...
and
Xander Xander is an abbreviated form of the name Alexander and pronounced like "Zander". Alexander is the Latin form of the Greek name "Alexandros". The name's meaning is interpreted from "alexein" which means "to defend" plus "andros" which translates ...
; feminine forms include
Alexandra Alexandra () is a female given name of Greek origin. It is the first attested form of its variants, including Alexander (, ). Etymology, Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; genitive, GEN , ; ...
,
Alexandria Alexandria ( ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Egypt#Largest cities, second largest city in Egypt and the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile ...
, and Sasha.


Etymology

The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (,
genitive In grammar, the genitive case ( abbreviated ) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun. A genitive can ...
: , ; meaning 'man'). The earliest
attested form Attestation may refer to: * Attestation clause, verification of a document * The date from which the service of a member of the armed forces begins is the date of ''attestation'', on which the oath of allegiance is sworn (though the recruit migh ...
of the name, is the
Mycenaean Greek Mycenaean Greek is the earliest attested form of the Greek language. It was spoken on the Greek mainland and Crete in Mycenaean Greece (16th to 12th centuries BC). The language is preserved in inscriptions in Linear B, a script first atteste ...
feminine
anthroponym Anthroponymy (also anthroponymics or anthroponomastics, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος ''anthrōpos'', 'human', and ὄνομα ''onoma'', 'name') is the study of ''anthroponyms'', the proper names of human beings, both individual and coll ...
, , (/
Alexandra Alexandra () is a female given name of Greek origin. It is the first attested form of its variants, including Alexander (, ). Etymology, Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; genitive, GEN , ; ...
/), written in the
Linear B Linear B is a syllabary, syllabic script that was used for writing in Mycenaean Greek, the earliest Attested language, attested form of the Greek language. The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries, the earliest known examp ...
syllabic script.
Alaksandu Alaksandu (Hittite language, Hittite: ), alternatively called Alakasandu or Alaksandus, was a king of Wilusa who sealed a treaty with Hittite empire, Hittite king Muwatalli II ca. 1280 BC. This treaty implies that Alaksandu had previously secure ...
, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ''Alaksandus'', was a king of
Wilusa Wilusa () or Wilusiya was a Late Bronze Age city in western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) known from references in fragmentary Hittites, Hittite records. The city is notable for its identification with the archaeological site of Troy, and thus its ...
who sealed a treaty with the Hittite king
Muwatalli II Muwatalli II (also Muwatallis, or Muwatallish; meaning "mighty") was a king of the New Kingdom of the Hittite empire c. 1295–1282 ( middle chronology) and 1295–1272 BC in the short chronology. Biography He was the eldest son of Mursili II ...
c. 1280 BC; this is generally assumed to have been a Greek called Alexandros. The name was one of the
epithet An epithet (, ), also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing. It is usually literally descriptive, as in Alfred the Great, Suleima ...
s given to the Greek goddess
Hera In ancient Greek religion, Hera (; ; in Ionic Greek, Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. In Greek mythology, she is queen of the twelve Olympians and Mount Oly ...
and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". In the ''
Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; , ; ) is one of two major Ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Odyssey'', the poem is divided into 24 books and ...
'', the character
Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
is also known as Alexander. The name's popularity was spread throughout the Greek world by the military conquests of
Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...
. Most later Alexanders in various countries were directly or indirectly named after him.


People known as Alexander

Alexander has been the name of many rulers, including kings of
Macedon Macedonia ( ; , ), also called Macedon ( ), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by the royal ...
, of
Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
, emperors of
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and
popes The pope is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff, or sovereign pontiff. From the 8th century until 1870, the pope was the sovereign or head of sta ...
.


Rulers of antiquity

* Alexander (''Alexandros of Ilion''), more often known as
Paris of Troy Paris of Troy (), also known as Paris or Alexander (), is a mythological figure in the story of the Trojan War. He appears in numerous Greek legends and works of Ancient Greek literature such as the ''Iliad''. In myth, he is prince of Troy, son o ...
*
Alexander I of Macedon Alexander I (; died 454 BC), also known as Alexander the Philhellene (; ), was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia from 498/497 BC until his death in 454 BC. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Perdiccas II. Biography Alexander wa ...
*
Alexander II of Macedon Alexander II (; 368 BC) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon from around 370 BC until his death in 368 BC. He was a member of the Argead dynasty through his father Amyntas III. Family He was the eldest of the three sons of king Amy ...
*
Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...
*
Alexander IV of Macedon Alexander IV (Greek: ; August 323 BC – Late summer 309 BC), sometimes erroneously called Aegus in modern times, was the posthumous son of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) by his wife Roxana of Bactria. As his father's ...
*
Alexander V of Macedon Alexander V of Macedon (Greek: ; died late 294 BC) was the second son of Cassander and Thessalonike of Macedon, who was a half-sister of Alexander the Great. He ruled as king of Macedon along with his brother Antipater I from the autumn of 297 ...
*
Alexander of Pherae Alexander () was Tyrant or Despot of Pherae in Thessaly, ruling from 369 to 356 BC. Following the assassination of Jason, the tyrant of Pherae and Tagus of Thessaly, in 370 BC, his brother Polyphron ruled for a year, but he was then poisoned by ...
despot of Pherae between 369 and 358 BC *
Alexander I of Epirus Alexander I of Epirus (; c. 370 BC – 331 BC), also known as Alexander Molossus (), was a king of Epirus (343/2–331 BC) of the Aeacid dynasty.Ellis, J. R., ''Philip II and Macedonian Imperialism'', Thames and Hudson, 1976, pp. ...
king of Epirus about 342 BC *
Alexander II of Epirus Alexander II (Greek: Άλέξανδρος) was a king of Epirus, and the son of Pyrrhus and Lanassa, the daughter of the Sicilian tyrant Agathocles. Reign He succeeded his father as king in 272 BC, and continued the war which his father had be ...
king of Epirus 272 BC *
Alexander of Corinth Alexander () (died 247 BC) was a Macedonian governor and tyrant of Corinth. He was the son of Craterus who had faithfully governed Corinth and Chalcis for his half-brother Antigonus II Gonatas. His grandmother was Phila, the celebrated daughter ...
, viceroy of
Antigonus Gonatas Antigonus II Gonatas (, ; – 239 BC) was a Macedonian Greek ruler who solidified the position of the Antigonid dynasty in Macedon after a long period defined by anarchy and chaos and acquired fame for his victory over the Gauls who had inva ...
and ruler of a rump state based on Corinth c. 250 BC *
Alexander (satrap) Alexander (in Greek Αλέξανδρος; died 220 BC) was brother of Molon. On the accession of the Seleucid king Antiochus III, afterwards called the Great, in 223 BC, he entrusted Alexander with the government of the satrapy of Persis and Mol ...
(died 220 BC), satrap of Persis under Seleucid king Antiochus III *
Alexander Balas Alexander I Theopator Euergetes, surnamed Balas (), was the ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 150 BC to August 145 BC. Picked from obscurity and supported by the neighboring Roman-allied Kingdom of Pergamon, Alexander landed in Phoenicia in 1 ...
, ruler of the Seleucid kingdom of Syria between 150 and 146 BC * Alexander Zabinas, ruler of part of the Seleucid kingdom of Syria based in Antioch between 128 and 123 BC *
Alexander Jannaeus Alexander Jannaeus ( , English: "Alexander Jannaios", usually Latinised to "Alexander Jannaeus"; ''Yannaʾy''; born Jonathan ) was the second king of the Hasmonean dynasty, who ruled over an expanding kingdom of Judaea from 103 to 76 BCE. ...
king of Judea, 103–76 BC *
Alexander of Judaea Alexander II ( Gr. , died 48 or 47 BC), or Alexander Maccabeus, was the eldest son of Aristobulus II, king of Judaea. He married his cousin Alexandra Maccabeus, daughter of his uncle, Hyrcanus II. Their grandfather was Alexander Jannaeus, the s ...
, son of Aristobulus II, king of Judaea *
Alexander Severus Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (1 October 208 – March 235), also known as Alexander Severus, was Roman emperor from 222 until 235. He was the last emperor from the Severan dynasty. Alexander took power in 222, when he succeeded his slain co ...
(208–235), Roman emperor * Julius Alexander, lived in the 2nd century, an Emesene nobleman *
Domitius Alexander Lucius Domitius Alexander (died 310), probably born in Phrygia, was vicarius of Africa when Emperor Maxentius ordered him to send his son as hostage to Rome. Alexander refused and proclaimed himself emperor in 308. The most detailed if somewhat ...
, Roman usurper who declared himself emperor in 308


Rulers of the Middle Ages

* Alexander, Byzantine Emperor (912–913) *
Alexander I of Scotland Alexander I ( medieval Gaelic: ''Alaxandair mac Maíl Coluim''; modern Gaelic: ''Alasdair mac Mhaol Chaluim''; c. 1078 – 23 April 1124), posthumously nicknamed The Fierce, was the King of Alba (Scotland) from 1107 to his death. He was the f ...
(c. 1078–1124) *
Alexander II of Scotland Alexander II ( Medieval Gaelic: '; Modern Gaelic: '; nicknamed "the Peaceful" by modern historians; 24 August 1198 – 6 July 1249) was King of Alba (Scotland) from 1214 until his death. He concluded the Treaty of York (1237) which defined t ...
(1198–1249) *
Alexander Nevsky Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (; ; monastic name: ''Aleksiy''; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) was Prince of Novgorod (1236–1240; 1241–1256; 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1249–1263), and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252–1263). ...
(1220–1263), Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir *
Alexander III of Scotland Alexander III (; Modern Gaelic: ; 4 September 1241 – 19 March 1286) was King of Alba (Scotland) from 1249 until his death. He concluded the Treaty of Perth, by which Scotland acquired sovereignty over the Western Isles and the Isle of Man. ...
(1241–1286) *
Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia Nicholas Alexander (), (died November 1364) was a List of rulers of Wallachia, Voivode of Wallachia (c. 1352 – November 1364), after having been co-ruler to his father Basarab I of Wallachia, Basarab I. Reign In the year 1359, he founded ...
,
Voivode Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...
of
Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ; : , : ) is a historical and geographical region of modern-day Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia was traditionally divided into two sections, Munteni ...
(died 1364) *
Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria Ivan Alexander (, transliterated ''Ivan Aleksandǎr'', ; original spelling: ІѠАНЪ АЛЄѮАНдРЪ), also sometimes anglicized as John Alexander, ruled as Emperor (''Tsar'') of Bulgaria from 1331 to 1371,Lalkov, ''Rulers of Bulgaria'', pp ...
,
tsar Tsar (; also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar''; ; ; sr-Cyrl-Latn, цар, car) is a title historically used by Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word '' caesar'', which was intended to mean ''emperor'' in the Euro ...
of
Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
(beginnings of the 14th century – 1371) * Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver,
Prince of Tver The Prince of Tver () was the ruler of the Principality of Tver. The princes of Tver descended from the first prince, Yaroslav Yaroslavich (). They are also known as the "Iaroslavichi" or "Yaroslavichi of Tver", or the "Mikhailovichi of Tver". In ...
as Alexander I and Grand Prince of
Vladimir-Suzdal The Principality of Suzdal, from 1157 the Grand Principality of Vladimir, commonly known as Vladimir-Suzdal, or simply Suzdalia, was a medieval principality that was established during the disintegration of Kievan Rus'. In historiography, the ...
as Alexander II (1301–1339) * Aleksander (1338–before 1386), Prince of
Podolia Podolia or Podillia is a historic region in Eastern Europe located in the west-central and southwestern parts of Ukraine and northeastern Moldova (i.e. northern Transnistria). Podolia is bordered by the Dniester River and Boh River. It features ...
(son of
Narymunt Narimantas or Narymunt (baptized ''Gleb''; 1277 or just before 1300 (according to Wasilewski 1992) – 2 February 1348) was a Lithuanian duke and the second eldest son of Gediminas, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Grand Duke of Lithuania. During vari ...
) * Alexander II of Georgia (1483–1510) *
Eskender Eskender (, "Alexander"; 15 July 1471 – 7 May 1494) was Emperor of Ethiopia and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. His throne name was Kwestantinos II (Ge’ez: ቈስታንቲኖስ, "Constantine"). He was the son of Emperor Baeda Maryam I by ...
,
Emperor The word ''emperor'' (from , via ) can mean the male ruler of an empire. ''Empress'', the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), mother/grandmother (empress dowager/grand empress dowager), or a woman who rules ...
of
Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
(1472–1494) *
Alexander Jagiellon Alexander Jagiellon (; ; 5 August 1461 – 19 August 1506) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1492 and King of Poland from 1501 until his death in 1506. He was the fourth son of Casimir IV and a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty. Alexander was el ...
(Alexander of Poland), King of
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
(1461–1506)


Modern rulers

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Alexander I of Russia Alexander I (, ; – ), nicknamed "the Blessed", was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first king of Congress Poland from 1815, and the grand duke of Finland from 1809 to his death in 1825. He ruled Russian Empire, Russia during the chaotic perio ...
(1777–1825), emperor of Russia *
Alexander II of Russia Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, Congress Poland, King of Poland and Grand Du ...
(1818–1881), emperor of Russia *
Alexander III of Russia Alexander III (; 10 March 18451 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894. He was highly reactionary in domestic affairs and reversed some of the libera ...
(1845–1894), emperor of Russia *
Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia Alexander Karađorđević ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Карађорђевић, Aleksandar Karađorđević; 11 October 1806 – 3 May 1885) was the prince of Serbia between 1842 and 1858 and a member of the House of Karađorđević. Early l ...
(1842–1858) * Alexander of Bulgaria (1857–1893), first prince of modern Bulgaria * Alexander I Obrenović of Serbia (1876–1903), king of Serbia *
Alexander, Prince of Lippe Alexander, Prince of Lippe () (16 January 1831 – 13 January 1905) was the penultimate sovereign of the Principality of Lippe. Succeeding to the throne in 1895, Alexander had his power exercised by a regent throughout his reign on account of his ...
(1831–1905), prince of Lippe *
Alexander I of Yugoslavia Alexander I Karađorđević (, ; – 9 October 1934), also known as Alexander the Unifier ( / ), was King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 16 August 1921 to 3 October 1929 and King of Yugoslavia from 3 October 1929 until his assassinati ...
(1888–1934), first king of Yugoslavia *
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (; born 17 July 1945), is the head of the Karađorđević dynasty, House of Karađorđević, the former royal house of the defunct Kingdom of Yugoslavia and its predecessor the Kingdom of Serbia. Alexander ...
(born 1945), head of the Yugoslav Royal Family *
Zog I Zog I (born Ahmed Muhtar Zogolli; 8 October 18959 April 1961) was the leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939. At age 27, he first served as Albania's youngest ever Prime Minister (1922–1924), then as president (1925–1928), and finally as King ...
, also known as Skenderbeg III (1895–1961), king of Albanians *
Alexander of Greece Alexander (, romanized: ''Aléxandros''; 1 August 189325 October 1920) was King of Greece from 11 June 1917 until his death on 25 October 1920. The second son of King Constantine I, Alexander was born in the summer palace of Tatoi on ...
(1893–1920), king of Greece *
Leka, Crown Prince of Albania Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (Leka Skënder Zogu; 5 April 193930 November 2011) was the only son of King Zog I and Queen Geraldine of Albania. He was called Crown Prince Skander at birth. After his father's death in 1961, Leka was the pretende ...
(1939–2011), king of Albanians (throne pretender) *
Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander (; Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born 27 April 1967) is King of the Netherlands since 30 April 2013. Willem-Alexander was born in Utrecht during the reign of his maternal grandmother, Queen Juliana, as the eldest ch ...
(born 1967), eldest child of
Queen Beatrix Beatrix (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, ; born 31 January 1938) is a member of the Dutch royal house who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 30 April 1980 until her abdication in 2013. Beatrix was born during the reign of her maternal gr ...
and
Prince Claus Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg (born Klaus-Georg Wilhelm Otto Friedrich Gerd von Amsberg; 6 September 1926 – 6 October 2002) was Prince consort of the Netherlands, Prince of the Netherlands from 30 April 1980 until his d ...


Other royalty

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Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here ar ...
, Judean Prince, one of the sons of
Herod the Great Herod I or Herod the Great () was a History of the Jews in the Roman Empire, Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian kingdom of Judea. He is known for his colossal building projects throughout Judea. Among these works are the rebuilding of the ...
from his wife Mariamne *
Alexander Helios Alexander Helios (; late 40 BC – unknown, but possibly between 29 and 25 BC) was a Ptolemaic prince and son of Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of the Ptolemaic dynasty and Roman triumvir Mark Antony. Alexander's fraternal twin sister was Cleopatra ...
, Ptolemaic prince, one of the sons of
Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (; The name Cleopatra is pronounced , or sometimes in both British and American English, see and respectively. Her name was pronounced in the Greek dialect of Egypt (see Koine Greek phonology). She was ...
and Mark Anthony *
Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here ar ...
, Judean Prince, son to the above Alexander and Cappadocian princess
Glaphyra Glaphyra (; ) was an Anatolian princess from Cappadocia,Kasher, ''King Herod: a persecuted persecutor: a case study in psychohistory and psychobiography'', p.298 and a Queen of Mauretania by her second marriage to King Juba II of Mauretania. She ...
*
Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here ar ...
(d. 1418), son of Bulgarian
tsar Tsar (; also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar''; ; ; sr-Cyrl-Latn, цар, car) is a title historically used by Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word '' caesar'', which was intended to mean ''emperor'' in the Euro ...
Ivan Shishman Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria () ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria in Tarnovo from 1371 to 3 June 1395. The authority of Ivan Shishman was limited to the central parts of the Bulgarian Empire. In the wake of the death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgari ...
* Prince Alexander John of Wales (1871), short-lived son of
Edward VII Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until Death and state funeral of Edward VII, his death in 1910. The second child ...
* Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874–1899) *
Olav V of Norway Olav V (, ; born Prince Alexander of Denmark; 2 July 1903 – 17 January 1991) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991. Olav was born at Sandringham House in England, the only child of Prince Carl of Denmark and Princess Maud of ...
(Prince Alexander of Denmark) (1903–1991)


Religious leaders

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Pope Alexander I Pope Alexander I (, died 115) was the bishop of Rome from about 108/109 to 116/119 (according to the 2012 ''Annuario Pontificio''). Some believe he suffered martyrdom under the Roman emperor Trajan or Hadrian. Life and legend According to the ...
(pope 97–105) * Alexander of Apamea, 5th-century bishop of Apamea *
Pope Alexander II Pope Alexander II (1010/1015 – 21 April 1073), born Anselm of Baggio, was the head of the Roman Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1061 to his death in 1073. Born in Milan, Anselm was deeply involved in the Pataria reform mo ...
(pope 1058–1061) *
Pope Alexander III Pope Alexander III (c. 1100/1105 – 30 August 1181), born Roland (), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 September 1159 until his death in 1181. A native of Siena, Alexander became pope after a Papal election, ...
(pope 1159–1181) *
Pope Alexander IV Pope Alexander IV (1199 or 1185 – 25 May 1261) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 December 1254 to his death. Early career He was born as Rinaldo di Jenne in Jenne, Italy, Jenne (now in the Province of Rome ...
(pope 1243–1254) *
Pope Alexander V Peter of Candia, also known as Peter Phillarges () ( 1339 – 3 May 1410), named as Alexander V (; ), was an antipope elected by the Council of Pisa during the Western Schism (1378–1417). He reigned briefly from 26 June 1409 to his death i ...
("Peter Philarges" c. 1339–1410) *
Pope Alexander VI Pope Alexander VI (, , ; born Roderic Llançol i de Borja; epithet: ''Valentinus'' ("The Valencian"); – 18 August 1503) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503. Born into t ...
(1492–1503), Roman pope *
Pope Alexander VII Pope Alexander VII (; 13 February 159922 May 1667), born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death, in May 1667. He began his career as a vice- papal legate, and he held various d ...
(1599–1667) *
Pope Alexander VIII Pope Alexander VIII (; 22 April 1610 – 1 February 1691), born Pietro Vito Ottoboni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 October 1689 to his death in February 1691. He is the most recent pope to take the ...
(pope 1689–1691) *
Alexander of Constantinople Alexander of Constantinople (; 241 – 337) was bishop of Byzantium from 314 and the first bishop of Constantinople from 330 (the city was renamed during his episcopacy in 330). Scholars consider most of the available information on Alexander ...
, bishop of Constantinople (314–337) * St. Alexander of Alexandria, Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria between 313 and 328 *
Pope Alexander II of Alexandria Pope Alexander II of Alexandria ( Coptic: ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲟⲥ; died 14 February 729) was the 43rd Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. He presided over his church during an era of great hardship and oppression. ...
, Coptic Pope (702–729) *
Alexander of Lincoln Alexander of Lincoln (died February 1148) was a medieval English Bishop of Lincoln, a member of an important administrative and ecclesiastical family. He was the nephew of Roger of Salisbury, a Bishop of Salisbury and Chancellor of England und ...
, bishop of Lincoln *
Alexander of Jerusalem Alexander of Jerusalem (; died 251 AD) was a third century bishop who is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox churches, and the Roman Catholic Church. He died during the persecution of Emperor Decius. ...
* See also Saint Alexander, various saints with this name


Other people


Antiquity

* Alexander (artists), the name of a number of artists of ancient Greece and Rome *
Alexander of Lyncestis Alexander () (d. 330 BC), son of Aeropus of Lyncestis, was a native of the upper Macedonian district called Lyncestis, whence he is usually called Alexander of Lynkestis or Alexander Lyncestes. Justin makes the singular mistake of calling him Ale ...
(died 330 BC), contemporary of Alexander the Great *
Alexander (son of Polyperchon) Alexander (; killed 314 BC) was a son of Polyperchon, the regent of Macedonia, and an important general in the diadochi, Wars of the Diadochi. Alexander in Athens Antipater, on his death in 319 BC, had left the regency to Polyperchon, to the excl ...
(died 314 BC), regent of Macedonia * Alexander (Antigonid general), 3rd-century BC cavalry commander under Antigonus III Doson * Alexander of Athens, 3rd-century BC Athenian comic poet *
Alexander Aetolus Alexander Aetolus (, ''Alexandros ho Aitōlos'') or Alexander the Aetolian was a Hellenistic Greek poet and grammarian, who worked at the Library of Alexandria and composed poetry in a variety of genres, now almost entirely lost. He is the only ...
(), poet and member of the Alexandrian Pleiad * Alexander (son of Lysimachus) (), Macedonian royal * Alexander (grandson of Seleucus I Nicator) (), Greek Anatolian nobleman * Alexander (Aetolian general), briefly conquered Aegira in 220 BC * Alexander of Acarnania (died 191 BC), confidant of
Antiochus III the Great Antiochus III the Great (; , ; 3 July 187 BC) was the sixth ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 223 to 187 BC. He ruled over the region of Syria and large parts of the rest of West Asia towards the end of the 3rd century BC. Rising to th ...
* Alexander Isius (), Aetolian military commander * Alexander Lychnus, early 1st-century BC poet and historian * Alexander Philalethes, 1st century BC physician * Alexander Polyhistor, Greek scholar of the 1st century BC * Alexander of Myndus, ancient Greek writer on zoology and divination * Alexander of Aegae, peripatetic philosopher of the 1st century AD * Alexander of Cotiaeum, 2nd-century Greek grammarian and tutor of Marcus Aurelius * Alexander Numenius, 2nd-century Greek rhetorician * Alexander Peloplaton, 2nd-century Greek rhetorician * Alexander of Abonoteichus (), Greek religious leader and imposter * Alexander of Aphrodisias (), Greek commentator and philosopher * Alexander of Lycopolis, 4th-century author of an early Christian treatise against Manicheans * List of minor New Testament figures#Alexander, Alexander, a member of the Jerusalem Temple Sanhedrin mentioned in Acts 4:6


Middle Ages

* Alexander of Hales, English theologian in the 13th century


Modern

* Alexander (magician) (1880–1954), American stage magician specializing in mentalism


People with the given name

People with the given name Alexander or variants include: * Technoblade (1999–2022), American YouTuber, real name Alexander, surname not made public * Alexander Aigner (1909–1988), Austrian mathematician * Aleksandr Akimov (1953–1986), Russian nuclear engineer who died in Chernobyl * Alexander Albon (born 1996), Thai-British racing driver * Aleksander Allila (1890–?), Finnish politician * Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883–1946), Russian composer * Alexander Argov (1914–1995), Russian-born Israeli composer * Alexander Armah (born 1994), American football player * Alexander Armstrong (born 1970), British comedian and singer * Aleksandr Averbukh (born 1974), Israeli pole vaulter * Alex Baldock (born 1970), British businessman * Alec Baldwin (born Alexander Rae Baldwin III, 1958), American actor * Aleksander Barkov (born 1995), Finnish ice hockey player * Alexander G. Bassuk, American pediatric neurologist * Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), Scottish inventor of the first practical telephone * Alexander Björk (born 1990), Swedish golfer * Alexander Borodin (1833–1887), Russian composer * Alexander Calder (1898–1976), American sculptor best known for making mobiles * Aleksandr Davidovich (disambiguation), several people * Alexander Davidson (disambiguation), several people * Alexander Day (disambiguation), several people * A. N. D. A. Abeysinghe, Alexander Nicholas de Abrew Abeysinghe (1894–1963), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician * Alex DeBrincat (born 1997), American ice hockey player * Alexander Dilman, Alexander Davidovich Dilman (born 1976), Russian organic chemist * Aleksandar Djordjevic (born 1967), Serbian basketball player * Alexander Dubček (1921–1992), leader of Czechoslovakia (1968–1969) * Alex Ebert (born 1978), American singer-songwriter * Alexander Lee (entertainer), Alexander Lee (born 1988), also known as Alexander or Xander, South Korean singer, member of U-KISS * Alexander Exarch (1810–1891), Bulgarian revivalist, publicist and journalist, participant in the struggle for an independent Bulgarian Exarchate * Alex Ferguson (born 1941), Scottish football player and manager * Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), Scottish discoverer of penicillin * Alexander Zusia Friedman (1897–1943), Polish rabbi, educator, activist, and journalist * Aleksander Gabelic (born 1965), Swedish politician * Alex Galchenyuk (born 1994), American ice hockey player * Alexander Gardner (disambiguation), multiple people * Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936), Russian composer * Alexander Goldberg (born 1974), British rabbi, barrister, and human rights activist * Alexander Goldberg (chemical engineer), Israeli chemical engineer and President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology * Alexander Goldscheider (born 1950), Czech/British composer, producer and writer * Alexander Gomelsky (1928–2005), Russian head coach of USSR basketball national team for 30 years * Alexander Gordon (disambiguation), several people * Aleksandr Gordon (1931–2020), Russian-Soviet director, screenwriter and actor * Aleksandr Gorelik (1945–2012), Soviet figure skater * Alexander Gould (born 1994), American actor * Alexander Grothendieck (1928–2014), German-born French mathematician * Alexander Gustafsson (born 1987), Swedish mixed martial arts fighter * Alexander Haig (1924–2010), American general and politician * Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804), first United States Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, founding fathers of the United States * Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1786–1875), American attorney and son of Alexander Hamilton * Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1816–1889), Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1816–1889), son of James Alexander Hamilton and grandson of Alexander Hamilton * Alexander Haugg (born 1968), German actor * Alexander Held (born 1958), German actor * Alexander Henn, German anthropologist * Alexander Henry (Philadelphia), Alexander Henry (1823–1883), mayor of Philadelphia * Alex Higgins (1949–2010), Northern Irish snooker player * Alexander Hollins (born 1996), American football player * Alexander Holtz (born 2002), Swedish ice hockey player * Alex Horne (born 1978), British comedian * Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), Prussian naturalist and explorer * Alexander Ilečko (1937–2023), Slovak sculptor * Alexander Isak (born 1999), Swedish Football Player * Alexander Isakov (1730–1794), Russian major general * Alex Israel (born 1982), American artist * Alex Israel (businessman), Alex Israel, founder of Metropolis Technologies * Alex Jones (born 1974), American radio show host and conspiracy theorist * Aleksandr Kamshalov (1932–2019), Soviet politician * Alex Kapranos (born 1972), Scottish musician, author, songwriter and producer, front-man of Franz Ferdinand (band), Franz Ferdinand * Aleksandar Katai (born 1991), Serbian footballer * Alexander Kerensky (1881–1970) leader of Russian Provisional Government * Alexander Kerfoot (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player * Alex Killorn (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player * Alexander Klaws (born 1983), German singer and songwriter * Alexander Klingspor (born 1977), Swedish painter and sculptor * Aleksandr Kogan (scientist), Aleksandr Kogan (born 1985/86), Moldovan-born American psychologist and data scientist * Alexander Korda (1893–1956), Hungarian film director * Alexander Kucheryavenko (born 1987), Russian ice hockey player * Aleksander Kwaśniewski (born 1954), former President of Poland * Aleksander Lesser (1814–1884), Polish painter, illustrator, and art critic * Alexander Levinsky (1910–1990), Canadian ice hockey player * Alexander Ivanovich Levitov (1835–1877), Russian writer * Alexander Lévy (born 1990), French golfer * Alexander Ludwig (born 1992), Canadian actor * Sandy Lyle, Alexander "Sandy" Lyle (born 1958), Scottish golfer * Alexander Lukashenko (born 1954), President of Belarus * Alex Manninger (born 1977), Austrian footballer * Ali Marpet, Alexander "Ali" Marpet (born 1993), American football player * Aleksandr Marshal (born 1957), Russian singer, songwriter, and musician * Alexander Mattison (born 1998), American football player * Alexander McClure (1828–1909), American politician, editor and writer * Alexander Lyell McEwin (1897–1988), known as Lyell McEwin, Australian politician, Minister for Health * Alexander McQueen (1969–2010), British fashion designer and couturier * Alexander Michel Melki (born 1992), Swedish-Lebanese footballer * Alexander Mirsky (born 1964), Latvian politician * Alexander Francis Molamure (1888–1951), 1st Speaker of the State Council of Ceylon and 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka * Aleksandr Nikolayev (disambiguation), several people * Alexander Nikolov (boxer) (born 1940), Bulgarian boxer * Alex Norén (born 1982), Swedish golfer * Alexander Nylander (born 1998), Swedish ice hockey player * Alexander O'Neal (born 1953), American singer * Alexander Ovechkin (born 1985), Russian hockey player * Alexander Patch (1889–1945), American general during World War II * Aleksandr Panayotov, Russian-Ukrainian singer and songwriter * Alexander Pechtold (born 1965), Dutch politician * Alexander Penn (1906–1972), Israeli poet * A. P. Jayasuriya, Alexander Perera Jayasuriya (1901–1980), Sri Lankan Sinhala MP and Cabinet Minister * Alexander Pichushkin (born 1974), prolific Russian serial killer * Alex Pietrangelo (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player * Alexander Piorkowski (1904–1948), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes * Alexander Ponomarenko (born 1964), Russian billionaire businessman * Alexander Pope (1688–1744), English poet * Alexander Popov (disambiguation), several people * Alexander Ptushko (1900–1973), Russian film director * Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837), Russian writer * Alexander Radulov (born 1986), Russian ice hockey player * Alexander Raevsky (aviator) (1887–1937), Russian aviator * Alexander Ragoza (1858–1919), Russian general in World War I * A. E. Rajapakse, Alexander Edmund de Silva Wijegooneratne Samaraweera Rajapakse (1866–1937), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician * Alexander Rendell (born 1990), Thai actor and singer * Alex Rodriguez (born 1975), Major League Baseball star, won 3 AL MVP awards, also known as A-Rod * Alexander Rou (1906–1973), Russian film director * Alexander Rowe (runner), Alexander Rowe (born 1992), Australian athlete * Alexander Rudolph ("Al McCoy"; 1894–1966), American boxer * Alex Russell (cricketer), Alexander Russell (born 2002), Welsh cricketer * Alexander Rybak (born 1986), Belarusian-born Norwegian artist and violinist * Alexander Salkind (1921–1997), French film producer * Alex Salmond (1954–2024), Scottish politician, first minister of Scotland (2007–2014) * Alexander Scholz (born 1992), Danish footballer * Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Russian composer and pianist * Alexander Selkirk (1676–1721), Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer * Alexander Semin (born 1984), Russian hockey player * Aleksander Serov (born 1954), Russian singer * Alexander Serov (1820–1871), Russian composer * Alexander Shatilov (born 1987), Uzbek-Israeli artistic gymnast * Alexander Shulgin, Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin (1925–2014), American chemist, psychopharmacologist, and author * Alexander Sieghart (born 1994), Thai footballer * Alexander Skarsgård (born 1976), Swedish actor * Alexander Stafford, British politician * Alexander Stavenitz (1901–1960), Russian Empire-born American visual artist and educator * Alex Stitt (1939–2016), Australian graphic designer and animator * Alexander Suvorov (1730–1800), Russian military leader, considered a national hero, Count of Rymnik, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Prince of Italy, and the last Generalissimo of the Russian Empire * Alexander McCall Smith (born 1948), Scottish writer * Alexander Solonik (1960–1997), Russian murder victim * Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), Russian writer, Nobel laureate, Soviet dissident * Alexander Steen (born 1984), Swedish ice hockey player * Alexander Stubb (born 1968), Finnish politician, president of Finland 2024–2030 * Alexander Thorburn (1836–1894), Canadian politician * Alexander Tikhonov (born 1947), Russian biathlete * Alex Turner (born 1986), British musician, songwriter and producer, front-man of Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets * Alexander Vainberg (born 1961), Russian politician * Lex van Dam (born 1968), Dutch trader and TV personality * Alexander Van der Bellen (born 1944), President of Austria * Alexander Varchenko (born 1949), Russian mathematician * Aleksander Veingold (born 1953), Estonian and Soviet chess player and coach * Alexander Verkhovskiy (born 1956), Russian entrepreneur * Aleksandr Verkhovsky (1886–1938), Russian military and political figure * Aleksandr Vlasov (disambiguation), several people * Alexander Volkanovski (born 1988), UFC Fighter * Alexander Voltz (born 1999), Australian composer * Aleksandar Vučić (born 1970), President of Serbia * Alexander Wennberg (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player * Alexander Vika (1933–2025), Slovak sculptor * Alexander Wilson (disambiguation), several people * A. F. Wijemanne, Alexander Wijemanne, Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician * Alex Zanardi (born 1966), Italian racing driver and paracyclist * Aleksandar Zečević (basketball, born 1996), Aleksandar Zečević (born 1996), Serbian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Oleksandr Zubov (born 1983), Ukrainian chess player and Grandmaster * Oleksandr Usyk (born 1987), Ukrainian professional boxer * Alexander Zverev (born 1997), German tennis player


In other languages

* Afrikaans: Alexander * Albanian language, Albanian: Aleksandër ** Albanian language, Albanian diminutive: Leka * Amharic: እስክንድር (Isikinidiri, Eskender) * Arabic: (
Iskandar Iskandar (name) or Eskandar also Iskander, Skandar, or Scandar is a given name and a surname. Iskandar or Eskandar or their varieties may also refer to: Places * Iskandar Malaysia, the new main southern development corridor in Johor, Malaysia * ...
) * Armenian language, Armenian: Ալեքսանդր (Aleksandr) * Asturian language, Asturian: Alexandru, Xandru * Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani: İsgəndər/Исҝәндәр/ایسگندر, Aleksandr/Александр/آلئکساندر * Basque language, Basque: Alesander * Belarusian language, Belarusian: Аляксандр (Aliaksandr), Алесь (Ales) * Bengali language, Bengali: আলেকজান্ডার (''Alēkjānḍār''), সিকান্দার (''Sikāndār''), ইস্কান্দার (''Iskāndār'') * Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: Александър (Aleksandŭr), Сашко (Sashko) * Catalan language, Catalan: Alexandre/Aleixandre * Chinese languages, Chinese: ** Historical: *** ''Traditional Chinese, Traditional'': , ''Simplified Chinese, Simplified'': , ''Reconstructions of Old Chinese#Baxter–Sagart (2014), Baxter-Sagart'': *** ''Traditional and Simplified'': , ''Baxter's transcription for Middle Chinese, Baxter Romanization'': 'a lejH sanH ** Contemporary: ''Traditional Chinese, Traditional'': , ''Simplified Chinese, Simplified'': , ''Hanyu Pinyin, Pinyin'': Yàlìshāndà, ''Jyutping'': aa3 lik6 saan1 daai6, ''Romanization of Wu Chinese, Wugniu'': iá-liq-sé-da, ''Bang-ua-ce, BUC'': Ā-lĭk-săng-dâi * Czech language, Czech: Alexandr, Alexander * Danish language, Danish: Aleksander, Alexander * Dutch language, Dutch: Alexander * Esperanto: Aleksandro * Estonian language, Estonian: Aleksander * English language, English: Alexander * Finnish language, Finnish: Aleksanteri * French language, French: Alexandre * Galician language, Galician: Alexandre * Georgian language, Georgian: ალექსანდრე (Aleksandre) * German language, German: Alexander * Greek language, Greek **
Mycenaean Greek Mycenaean Greek is the earliest attested form of the Greek language. It was spoken on the Greek mainland and Crete in Mycenaean Greece (16th to 12th centuries BC). The language is preserved in inscriptions in Linear B, a script first atteste ...
: 𐀀𐀩𐀏𐀭𐀅𐀫 (Aléxandros) **Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) ** Biblical Greek, Koine Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) ** Modern Greek: Αλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) * Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: Alekanekelo * Hebrew: אלכסנדר (Aleksander) * Hindi: सिकंदर (Sikandar) * Hungarian language, Hungarian: Sándor, Alexander, Elek * Icelandic language, Icelandic: Alexander * Indonesian language, Indonesian: Iskandar, Alexander * Irish language, Irish: Alastar * Italian language, Italian: Alessandro * Japanese language, Japanese: アレキサンダー (Arekisandā) * Korean language, Korean: 알렉산더 (Alleksandeo) * Kazakh language, Kazakh: Искандер (Iskander) * Kyrgyz language, Kyrgyz: Искендер (Iskender) * Latin: Alexander * Latvian language, Latvian: Aleksandrs * Lithuanian language, Lithuanian: Aleksandras * Macedonian language, Macedonian: Александар (Aleksandar), Сашко (Sashko, Saško) * Malay language, Malay: Iskandar * Malayalam ** Syriac language, Syriac Origin : ചാണ്ടി (t͡ʃaːɳʈI), ഇടിക്കുള (IʈIkkʊɭa) ** Greek language, Greek Origin : അലക്സിയോസ് (alaksIyos), അലക്സി (alaksI) ** English language, Anglican Origin : അലക്സാണ്ടര്‍ (alaksa:ndar), അലക്സ് (alaks) * Mongolian language, Mongolian: Александр (Alyeksandr) * Norwegian language, Norwegian: Aleksander, Alexander * Pashto: سکندر (Sikandar) * Persian language, Persian: (Aleksânder), (Eskandar) * Polish language, Polish: Aleksander * Portuguese language, Portuguese: Alexandre, Alexandro, Alessandro, Leandro * Punjabi language, Punjabi: Sikandar * Romanian language, Romanian: Alexandru, Alex, Sandu * Russian language, Russian: Александр (Aleksandr), Саша (Sasha) * Rusyn language, Rusyn: Александер (Aleksander) * Sanskrit: अलक्षेन्द्र (Alakṣendra) * Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair * Scots language, Scots: Alastair, Alistair, Alister, Sandy * Serbo-Croatian: Александар / Aleksandar * Slovak language, Slovak: Alexander * Slovene language, Slovene: Aleksander * Spanish language, Spanish: Alejandro * Swedish language, Swedish: Alexander * Syriac language, Syriac: ܐܠܟܣܢܕܪ (Alexander) * Tagalog language, Tagalog: Alejandro * * Turkish language, Turkish: İskender * Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Олександр (Oleksandr, sometimes anglicized Olexander), Сашко (Sashko), Олесь (Oles), Олелько (Olelko) * Urdu: سکندر (Sikandar) * Valencian language, Valencian: Alecsandro, Aleksandro, Aleixandre, Alexandre * Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: Alexander, A Lịch San * Welsh language, Welsh: Alexander * Yiddish: אלעקסאנדער (Aleksander), סענדער (Sender (name), Sender)


Variants and diminutives

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Alex Alex is a given name. Similar names are Alexander, Alexandra, Alexey or Alexis. People Multiple * Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Cook (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Forsyth (disambiguation), multiple people * Al ...
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Alexsander Alexsander is a Portuguese people, Portuguese male given name, derived from Alexander. It may also refer to: * Alexsander (footballer, born 1998), Alexsander Jhonatta de Oliveira Andrade, Brazilian football midfielder for Vitória * Alexsander (f ...
*Alexey *Sasha (name), Sasha/Sash *
Sandy Sandy may refer to: People and fictional characters *Sandy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Sandy (surname), a list of people * Sandy (Iranian music band), Iranian singer, comp ...
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Xander Xander is an abbreviated form of the name Alexander and pronounced like "Zander". Alexander is the Latin form of the Greek name "Alexandros". The name's meaning is interpreted from "alexein" which means "to defend" plus "andros" which translates ...


See also

* Alex (disambiguation) * Alexander (surname) *
Alexandra Alexandra () is a female given name of Greek origin. It is the first attested form of its variants, including Alexander (, ). Etymology, Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; genitive, GEN , ; ...
* Hera Alexandros, epithet of the Greek goddess Hera * Justice Alexander (disambiguation) *


References

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