Given name & surname · Hebrew
אלכסנדר
אלכסנדר (aleksánder) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Hebrew.
HebrewWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Alexander.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Hebrew usage, אלכסנדר developed from Ἀλέξανδρος.
אלכסנדר’s family of names
In Hebrew usage, אלכסנדר developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀλέξανδρος. In Hebrew usage, אלכסנדר has a conventional equivalent in the English form Alexander. In Hebrew usage, אלכסנדר has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Alejandro.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
אלכסנדר has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere אלכסנדר comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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