Alexander

A male given name: from a Greek word meaning “defender of men.”.

---

Alexander is a male first name, and less common surname derived from the Greek "Αλέξανδρος" (Aléxandros). The most famous is Alexander the Great, who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.

---

Masc. proper name, from Latin, from Greek Alexandros "defending men," from alexein "to ward off, keep off, turn (something) away, defend, protect" + aner (genitive andros) "man" (from PIE root *ner- (2) "man"). The first element perhaps is related to Greek alke "protection, help, strength, power, courage," alkimos "strong;" and cognate with Sanskrit raksati "protects," Old English ealgian "to defend." As a kind of cocktail, Alexander is attested from 1913.

---

Compounds of the Greek verb alexein (to protect) and noun andros (man); defender of mankind, protector of mankind.

Alexandrie, Aleksandr, Olexandr, Alejandro, Alessandro, Sandy, Alejandra, Aleksandre, Aleksandro, Aleksandru, Rednaxela, Allie, Alasdair, Aleksandar, Ally, Alexa, Aleksander, Sasha, Alastar, Alesander, Aleck, Alexandar, Alaksandar, Oleksandr, Alexender, Alexandru, Alexis, Aliaksandr, Alexandra, Alexandre, Alec

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Alexander Hamilton	1757	Founding Father of the United States
2	Alexander the Great		King of Macedon
3	Alexander Skarsgård	1976	Swedish actor and director
4	Alexander Graham Bell	1847	Scientist and inventor known for his work on the telephone
5	Jaimie Alexander	1984	Actress
6	Sasha Alexander	1973	Actress
7	Alexander Ludwig	1992	Canadian actor, singer and model
8	Jason Alexander	1959	American stand-up comedian
9	Alexander Fleming	1881	Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist
10	Alexander Ovechkin	1985	Russian ice hockey player
11	Olly Alexander	1990	Actor, writer
12	Alexander McQueen	1969	British fashion designer and couturier
13	Alexander Gustafsson	1987	Swedish mixed martial artist
14	Alexander II of Russia	1818	Emperor of Russia
15	Alexander Dreymon	1983	German actor and film actor
16	Alexander Lukashenko	1954	President of Belarus since 20 July 1994
17	Alexander Siddig	1965	Sudanese-born English actor
18	Alexander III of Russia	1845	Emperor of Russia
19	Alexander I of Russia	1777	Emperor of Russia
20	Alexander Pushkin	1799	Russian poet
21	Alexander Litvinenko	1962	Ex-KGB agent and FSB lieutenant-colonel
22	Alexander Gould	1994	American actor, voice artist, producer, director, and screenwriter
23	Alexander Payne	1961	American film director and screenwriter
24	Alexander Povetkin	1979	Russian boxer
25	Alexander von Humboldt	1769	Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer
26	Alexander Pope	1688	Eighteenth century English poet
27	Nicole Alexander	1983	Reality television contestant
28	Alexander Haig	1924	Former U.S. States Secretary of State and U.S. Army general
29	Alexander Godunov	1949	Russian-American dancer and actor
30	Alexander Armstrong	1970	English comedian and actor
31	Khandi Alexander	1957	American dancer, choreographer, and actress
32	Larry D. Alexander	1953	American artist and writer
33	Sarah Alexander	1971	English actress
34	Alexander Vlahos	1988	Welsh actor
35	Alexander Wang	1983	American fashion designer
36	J. Alexander	1958	Runway coach, consultant, model
37	Alexander Van der Bellen	1944	Austrian politician and economist
38	Alexander Calder	1898	American artist
39	Lucy Alexander	1971	English television presenter
40	Alexander Kerensky	1881	Russian politician
41	Alexander Emelianenko	1981	Russian boxer and judoka
42	Erika Alexander	1969	Actress
43	Alexander Keen	1982
44	Jean Alexander	1926	English actress
45	Jane Alexander	1939	Actress from the United States
46	Alexander Onassis	1948	Greek businessman, son of Aristotle Onassis
47	Shaun Alexander	1977	American football player
48	Alyaksandr Hleb	1981	Belarusian footballer
49	Alexander Mahone		Fictional human
50	Joey Alexander	2003	Indonesian jazz musician and pianist
51	Flex Alexander	1970	Actor, dancer, comedian
52	Cedric Alexander	1989	American professional wrrestler
53	Alexander Pichushkin	1974	Russian serial killer
54	Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander	1909	British cryptanalyst, chess player, and chess writer
55	Alexander Shulgin	1925	American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author
56	Alexander Selkirk	1676	Scottish sailor
57	Alexander III of Scotland	1241	King of Scots 1249-1286
58	Lamar Alexander	1940	Senior United States Senator from Tennessee
59	Alexander Isak	1999	Swedish footballer
60	Alexander Scriabin	1872	Russian pianist and composer
61	Alexander Nevsky	1220	Political and military figure of the medieval Rus'
62	Alexander Hamilton Jr.	1786	American attorney
63	Alexander Rybak	1986	Norwegian singer, actor, violinist, composer, pianist
64	Alexander Hold	1962	German actor and judge
65	Alexander IV of Macedon		Sovereign
66	Alexander I of Yugoslavia	1888	Prince regent of Kingdom of Serbia and later King of Yugoslavia 1921–34
67	Alexander Radulov	1986	Russian ice hockey player
68	Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath	1932	English politician, artist and author
69	Alexander of Greece	1893	King of Greece
70	Alexander O'Neal	1953	American singer
71	Alexander Fehling	1981	German actor
72	Alexander Groeben	1955	German television presenter
73	Gregg Alexander	1972	Singer-songwriter, record producer
74	Alexander Lebedev	1959	Russian businessman
75	Alexander H. Stephens	1812	American politician and Vice President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
76	Alexander Herrmann	1971	German television presenter, writer and cook
77	Alexander Suvorov	1730	Russian military commander
78	Alexander Volkov	1988	Russian martial fighter
79	Alexander II of Scotland	1198	King of Scots 1214-1249
80	Alexander McCall Smith	1948	British writer
81	Alexander Soros	1985	American philanthropist
82	Alexander Grothendieck	1928	French mathematician
83	Alexander Acosta	1969	27th and current United States Secretary of Labor
84	Cliff Alexander	1995	American basketball player
85	Alexander Büttner	1989	Dutch football player
86	Alexander Severus	0208	Roman Emperor
87	Alexander Kolchak	1874	Russian military officer
88	Alexander Borodin	1833	Russian composer, doctor and chemist
89	Alexander DeLeon	1989	American songwriter
90	Eben Alexander	1953	American neurosurgeon
91	Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster	1974	Only son of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
92	Alexander Lee Eusebio	1988	South Korean rapper
93	Alexander Solonik	1960	Russian mobster
94	Alexander Dubček	1921	Czechoslovakia diplomat, member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak parliament, member of Czechoslovak national parliament and slovak nation politician
95	Alexander Aris	1973	Burmese-British civil rights activist
96	Alexander I of Scotland	1078	King of the Scots
97	Leslie Alexander	1944	Basketball team owner
98	Keith B. Alexander	1951	United States Army general and former head of the National Security Agency
99	Michelle Alexander	1967	American lawyer, civil rights activist and writer
100	Caledonia Jane Doe	1963	Unidentified murder victim
101	Alexander Held	1958	German actor
102	Alexander Alekhine	1892	Russian / French chess player, chess writer, and chess theoretician
103	Devon Alexander	1987	Boxer
104	Alexander Theroux	1939	American novelist and poet
105	Alexander Nylander	1998	Canadian ice hockey player
106	Alexander Shlemenko	1984	Russian martial artist
107	Houston Alexander	1972	American martial artist
108	Alexander Calvert	1990	Canadian actor
109	Alexander Meier	1983	German footballer
110	Alexander Helios		Sovereign
111	Grover Cleveland Alexander	1887	American baseball player
112	Lexi Alexander	1974	Film director
113	Monique Alexander	1982	American pornographic actress
114	Alexander DiPersia	1982
115	Tim Alexander	1965	Musician, songwriter
116	Alexander Koch	1988	American actor
117	Alexander Kumptner	1983
118	Alexander Pearce	1790	Australian criminal
119	Alexander Berkman	1870	Anarchist and writer
120	Peter Alexander	1976	American journalist
121	Aleksandr Zakharchenko	1976	Head and Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic
122	Alexander Frei	1979	Swiss footballer
123	Reed Alexander	1994	Actor
124	Alexander Rodchenko	1891	Russian artist
125	Heidi Alexander	1975	British politician
126	Alexander Zeisal Bielski	1912	Belarusian partisan
127	Alexander Rossi	1991	American racing driver
128	Christopher Alexander	1936	Architect
129	Alexander Semin	1984	Russian ice hockey player
130	Alexander Mogilny	1969	Ice hockey player
131	Alexander Zverev	1960	Russian tennis player
132	Mackensie Alexander	1993
133	Danny Alexander	1972	British politician
134	Lloyd Alexander	1924	American children's writer
135	Jace Alexander	1964	American actor
136	Alexander Bogdanov	1873	Physician, philosopher, writer
137	Vassos Alexander		Sports journalist
138	Lorenzo Alexander	1983	American football player, linebacker
139	Alexander Korda	1893	Hungarian-born British film producer and director
140	Alexander Borromeo	1983	Filipino footballer
141	Alexander Stepanovich Popov	1859	Russian physicist
142	Onky Alexander	1965	Indonesian actor
143	Alexander Stubb	1968	Finnish politician
144	Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone	1874	British Army general
145	Alexander Popov	1971	Russian swimmer
146	Alexander Cockburn	1941	Leftist journalist and writer
147	Kwon Alexander	1994	American football player
148	Douglas Alexander	1967	British politician
149	Alexander Tettey	1986	Norwegian footballer
150	Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke	1886	British noble
151	Alexander Merkel	1992	German footballer
152	Alexander Dibelius	1959
153	Alexander Vandegrift	1887	United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient and Commandant of the Marine Corps
154	Lee Alexander		American musician
155	Terence Alexander	1923	British actor
156	Alexander Bustamante	1884	Prime minister of Jamaica
157	Alexander Glazunov	1865	Russian composer, music teacher and conductor
158	Alexander Naddour	1991	American gymnast
159	Alexander Waverly
160	Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton	1978	British noble
161	Alexander Schubert	1970	German actor
162	Alexander Posth	1978	German real estate broker
163	Alexander Dimitrenko	1982	German boxer
164	Craig Alexander	1973	Triathlete
165	Julie Alexander	1938	British model and actress
166	Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh	1950	British baron and politician
167	Alexander Butterfield	1926	Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
168	Alexander Ustinov	1976	Russian martial artist
169	Alexander Bard	1961	Musician, record producer, author, and activist
170	Alexander Knox	1907	Canadian actor and author of adventure novels
171	Alexander Sokurov	1951	Russian film director
172	Alexander Vinokourov	1973	Kazakh road bicycle racer
173	Alexander Luria	1902	Soviet psychologist
174	Dave Alexander	1947	Musician
175	Alexander Søderlund	1987	Footballer
176	Alexander Mazza	1972	German actor and television presenter
177	Alexander Prokhorenko	1990	Russian officer (1990-2016)
178	Graham Alexander	1971	Footballer and manager
179	Alexander Kačaniklić	1991	Footballer
180	Sultan Tikhaev	1984	Mixed martial artist
181	Alexander Steen	1984	Swedish-Canadian ice hockey player
182	Alexander Herzen	1812	Russian author
183	Alex Arnold	1992	Actor
184	Alexander I of Serbia	1876	King of Serbia 1889-1903
185	Kermit Alexander	1941	American football player, defensive back, safety
186	Alexander Milošević	1992	Footballer
187	Alexander Downer	1951	Australian politician
188	Alexander Wussow	1964	Austrian actor
189	Alexander Fu	1954	Popular Hong Kong martial arts film star in the 1970s from the Shaw Brothers studio
190	Alexander I of Macedon
191	Alexander Scheer	1976	German actor
192	Alexander Wurz	1974	Racing driver, 1996 & 2009 Le Mans winner, 1997-2007 Formula One and 2012-2015 World Endurance Championship driver
193	Alexander Morton	1945	Scottish actor
194	Alexander Goodwin Pierce		Fictional character from Marvel Comics, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
195	Alexander Duda	1955	German actor and voice actor
196	Alexander Blok	1880	Poet
197	Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma	1545	Duke of Parma
198	Kobi Alexander	1952	Businessman
199	Alexander Campbell	1788	Scots-Irish immigrant in the USA
200	Alexander Cartwright	1820	Early developer of baseball