Given name & surname
Ale
“helper and defender of mankind”
In Spanish use, Ale is a diminutive of Alejandro. In Spanish use, Alejandro carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Ale is a diminutive of Alejandro. In Spanish use, Alejandro carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ale is a diminutive of Alejandro. Alejandro comes from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Ale is a diminutive of Alejandro. In Spanish usage, Ale is a diminutive of Alejandra.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ale through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 18 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,143 as a first name in 2020; 813 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ale’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Ale is a diminutive of Alejandro. In Spanish usage, Ale has a conventional equivalent in the German form Alex. In Spanish usage, Ale is a diminutive of Alejandra.
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Around the world
Ale has relatives in 5 languages.
8 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ale
- Ale MöllerSwedish composer and musicianborn 1955
- Ale MüllerMexican actressborn 1997
- Ale PipoSpanish association football playerborn 1994
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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