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Alexander is a common male first name. Its origin is Greek and it literally means "defender of men" (from ἀλέξειν aléxein "to defend", and ἀνδρ- andr- "man"). It was one of the titles ("epithets") given to the Greek goddess Hera, who was believed to come to the aid of warriors in battle. In the Iliad, the character Paris is known also as Alexander. Albanians give the name a different translation: "Aï ka le si ander" meaning "born like a dream."
The name's popularity was spread by the military conquests of King Alexander III of Macedon, known as Alexander the Great (a hero claimed nowadays by Greeks and Albanians, as well as Slav Macedonians).
The female version of the name is Alexandra.
Nicknames: Alex, Alec, Allie, Lex, Sander, Sandy, Sandu (Romania), Sandro (Italy), Sasha (used primarily in Russia and surrounding countries)
1 First names that can be interpreted as Alexander in English
- Alexandros Greek
- Alexandre French, Portuguese
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- Alexandru RomanianRomanian Romana is an Eastern Romance language, spoken by about 28 million people, most of them in Romania, Moldova (where it is the official language) and neighbouring countries. Romanian romana Spoken Romania, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Serbia, H
- Iskander ArabicArabic is a Semitic language, fairly closely related to, for instance, the Hebrew language and the Aramaic language, spoken throughout the Arab world and widely known outside it. It has been a literary language for over 1500 years, and is the liturgical l
- Sikandar Urdu, HindiHindi Hindi Spoken India Region South Asia Total speakers 480 million Ranking2 Genetic classification Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Middle Indo-Aryan Hindi Official status Official language India Regulated by- Language codes ISO 639-1hi ISO 639-2h, PersianPersian , also known as Farsi (local name), Parsi Tajiki or Dari is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. It has official-language status in the first three countries. There are over 75 million native speakers. It belongs to t
The Gaelic version, Alasdair, is particularly popular in Scotland, having been carried by several early kings of the country. The alternate spellings Alistair, Allistair, Alisdair, Alastair and Alister are also used.
A number of historically significant people were named Alexander:
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