Given name · Ukrainian
Олександр
“I defend”
Олександр (Oleksándr) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Oleksandr.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Олександр goes back to a word meaning “I defend.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Олександр comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Олександр developed from Ἀλέξανδρος.
Олександр’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Олександр developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀλέξανδρος. In Ukrainian usage, Олександр has a conventional equivalent in the German form Alexander. In Ukrainian usage, Олександр has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Alejandro.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Олександр has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Олександр comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 33
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AlexanderGerman
- AlejandroSpanish
- AlessandroPortuguese, Italian
- AleksanderPolish
- AlexandrePortuguese, French
- Sandroequivalent
- Aleksandrequivalent
- Aleksandarequivalent
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- AlexandrCzech
- Alexandruequivalent
- Aleksequivalent
- Aleksandrsequivalent
- Olesequivalent
- Alesequivalent
- Oleksanderequivalent
- Olexandrequivalent
- Sándorequivalent
- Lissanderequivalent
- Олексаequivalent
- Аляксандарequivalent
- Alissandruequivalent
- Aleksanteriequivalent
- Aleksandroequivalent
- АлександрRussian
- Alaksandarequivalent
- Олесьequivalent
- Lisàndarequivalent
- Oleksaequivalent
- Aleksandrasequivalent
- Àlexequivalent
- Алесьequivalent
- Олекса́ндрhas masculine form
- Ἀλέξανδροςroot · Ancient Greek
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Олександр
- Oleksandr TurchynovUkrainian politician, screenwriter, and Doctor of Economic Sciencesborn 1964
- Alexander DovzhenkoSoviet Ukrainian screenwriter, film producer and director (1894–1956)
- Alexander ArchipenkoAmerican sculptor and artist of Ukrainian origin (1887–1964)
- Oleksandr ZinchenkoUkrainian association football playerborn 1996
- Oleksandr ShovkovskyiUkrainian footballerborn 1975
- Oleksandr UsykUkrainian boxerborn 1987
- Oleksandr SyrskyiUkrainian general (born 1965)
- Oleksandr KucherUkrainian footballerborn 1982
- Oleksandr AbramenkoUkrainian freestyle skierborn 1988
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