Alexander

E5923

Greek given name given name male given name

Alexander is a common male given name of Greek origin, meaning "defender of men."

Aliases (2)

Alexandros ×3
اسکندر ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek given name → given name → male given name →
associatedWith	Alexander the Great → Christian tradition →
category	Biblical-influenced given names → English masculine given names → Greek masculine given names →
componentMeaning	alexein means to defend → andros means man →
derivedFrom	Alexandros →
etymologicalComponent	alexein → andros →
frequency	common in many English-speaking countries →
gender	masculine →
hasFeminineForm	Alexandra → Alexandria →
languageOfOrigin	Greek →
meaning	defender of men → protector of men →
nameDay	varies by country →
popularity	widely used internationally →
script	Greek alphabet → Latin alphabet →
shortForm	Alex → Lex → Sandy → Sasha → Xander →
usageRegion	Australia → Europe → Latin America → Middle East → North America → Russia →
usedAs	first name → middle name →
variant	Alejandro → Aleksander → Aleksandr → Alessandro → Alexandre → Alexandros → Eskandar → Iskandar → Oleksandr →

Referenced by (112)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A. A. Milne → Alec Baldwin → Alec Douglas-Home → Alex Cora → Alex Gordon → Alex Ovechkin → Alex Rodriguez → Alexander → Alexander Bernstein → Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson → Alexander Butterfield → Alexander Calder → Alexander Cochrane → Alexander De Croo → Alexander De Croo → Alexander Dubček → Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife → Alexander Friedmann → Alexander Graham Bell → Alexander Graham Bell → Alexander Grin → Alexander Grothendieck → Alexander H. Stephens → Alexander Haig → Alexander Hamilton → Alexander Herzen → Alexander I of Russia → Alexander I of Scotland → Alexander II of Russia → Alexander III of Russia → Alexander III of Scotland → Alexander III of Scotland → Alexander J. Dallas → Alexander Jackson Davis → Alexander James Edmund Cockburn → Alexander Jannaeus → Alexander Kerensky → Alexander Kolchak → Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven → Alexander Lippisch → Alexander Lyman Holley → Alexander Löhr → Alexander Majors → Alexander Martin → Alexander Melville Bell → Alexander Menshikov → Alexander Nevsky → Alexander Patch → Alexander Pechersky → Alexander Pushkin → Alexander Rutskoy → Alexander Semin → Alexander Solzhenitsyn → Alexander Stirling Calder → Alexander Suvorov → Alexander Vandegrift → Alexander von Humboldt → Alexander, Prince of Orange → Alexandros Papagos ("Alexandros") → Boris Johnson → Colonel Alexander Bliss → King Alexander I of Yugoslavia → Martin Clunes → Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine → Sir Alex Ferguson → Sir Matt Busby → Tig Trager → W. D. A. Lentaigne →	givenName
1st Earl Alexander of Tunis → A. V. Alexander → Albert Victor Alexander → Grover Cleveland Alexander → Grover Cleveland Alexander → Harold Alexander → Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander → John Alexander → Lamar Alexander →	familyName
Alejandro → Alessandro → Alexander ("Alexandros") → Alexandre → Alexandrovich → Oleksandr →	derivedFrom
Alex → Lex → Sandy → Sasha → Xander →	shortFormOf
Alejandro → Alexandre → Oleksandr →	hasVariant
José Alexander Cora → Wren Alexander Stephens →	middleName
Sandy →	baseName
Alessandro →	cognate
Aleksander →	correspondsToName
Alexandre →	equivalentFormOf
Eskandar →	equivalentNameInEnglish
Sasha →	etymologicalRoot
Alexis →	hasCognate
Alexander Cushing →	hasGivenName
Alexander (film score) →	hasTitle
Eskandar ("اسکندر") →	hasTransliteration
Aleksander →	hasVariantForm
Eskandar →	isFormOf
Xander →	nameDaySharedWith
Lex →	nicknameFor
Colin Farrell →	notableWork
Sandy →	relatedName
Al →	short form of
Alexander ("Alexandros") →	variant
Xander →	variantOf