Given name · Belarusian
Аляксандр
Аляксандр (Aljaksándr) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Belarusian.
BelarusianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Alâksandr.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Аляксандр comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Belarusian usage, Аляксандр developed from Ἀλέξανδρος.
Аляксандр’s family of names
In Belarusian usage, Аляксандр shares a linguistic root with the English form Alexander. In Belarusian usage, Аляксандр has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Alejandro. In Belarusian usage, Аляксандр has a conventional equivalent in the German form Alexander.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Аляксандр has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Аляксандр comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Аляксандр
- Alyaksandr KhatskevichBelarusian footballerborn 1973
- Alexander ChervyakovBelarusian soviet politician1892–1937
- Aliaksandr BahdanovichBelarusian canoeist and politicianborn 1982
- Aleksandr ButkoRussian volleyball playerborn 1986
- Aleksandr KurlovichBelarusian weightlifter (1961–2018)
- Aliaksandr BuikevichBelarusian fencerborn 1984
- Aliaksandr BuryBelarusian tennis playerborn 1987
- Aleksander KaszkiewiczBishop of Grodnoborn 1949
- Aliaksandr HushtynBelarusian amateur wrestlerborn 1993
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