Alexandros (Greek)

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Alexandros (Greek) is an ancient Greek male given name meaning "defender of men," best known from figures such as Alexander the Great.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Alexandros (Greek) canonical 1
Greek name Alexandros 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek given name
Macedonian king
given name
masculine given name
appearsIn Ancient Greek literature
historical inscriptions
birthName Alexandros
cognate Alejandro
Alessandro
Alexandre
Eskandar
surface form: Iskandar
culturalOrigin Ancient Greek culture
etymologyComponent alexein
anēr
gender male
hasEnglishForm Alexander
hasFeminineForm Alexandra
hasLatinizedForm Alexander
hasModernGreekForm Alexandros
surface form: Alexandros (Αλέξανδρος)
hasPatronymicDerivative Alexandrou
hasSurnameDerivative Alexandris
Alexandropoulos
Alexandrou
hasTransliteration Alexandros
hasVariantSpelling Alexandros
surface form: Aléxandros
historicalPeriodOfOrigin Classical Greece
languageOfOrigin Ancient Greek
meaning defender of men
man
protector of men
to defend
nameDay 23 April
30 August
nameType theophoric-heroic name
notableBearer Alexander the Great
popularityBoostedBy conquests of Alexander the Great
reignEnd 323 BC
reignStart 336 BC
semanticField protection
warfare
shortForm Alekos
Alex
Sandro
usageRegion Cyprus
Greece
Greek diaspora
writingSystem Greek alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alejandro cognateInLanguage Alexandros (Greek)
Eskandar hasOrigin Alexandros (Greek)
this entity surface form: Greek name Alexandros