Given name & surname · Russian
Искандер
“to ward off; to protect”·“man”
Искандер is a masculine given name from Persian. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: İskander.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Искандер is built from elements meaning “to ward off; to protect” and “man” and “man”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Искандер’s family of names
In Russian usage, Искандер has a conventional equivalent in Искәндәр. In Russian usage, Искандер as a surname has a transliteration in İskander.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
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Across languages 1
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See also 1
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