Given name · Bashkir · Tatar
Искәндәр
Искәндәр (Iskändär) is a masculine given name from Persian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Bashkir.
Bashkir and TatarWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Alexander.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Искәндәр comes from Persian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Bashkir usage, Искәндәр developed from اسکندر. In Bashkir usage, Искәндәр developed from Ἀλέξανδρος.
Искәндәр’s family of names
In Bashkir usage, Искәндәр shares a linguistic root with the Turkish form İskender. Искәндәр has a conventional equivalent in the English form Alexander. In Bashkir usage, Искәндәр can be written in the Roman alphabet as Iskändär.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Искәндәр has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Искәндәр comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Искәндәр, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Hephaestion
Hephaestion is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.
—
Noè
Noè is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Italian.
>99% boys
Gascoigne
“Basques, Gascons”
—
Jurkus
Jurkus is a masculine given name from Old Ruthenian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Lithuanian.
>99% boys
Teodors
“god” · “gift”
>99% boys
Herzog
Herzog is a surname from German, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
—
Hegesias
Hegesias is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.
—
Paio
“of the sea”
>99% boys