Given name

Aleksandër

Aleksandër is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Albanian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Aleksandër comes from Ancient Greek.

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How it developed

From Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος.

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Aleksandër’s family of names

Aleksandër shares an earlier linguistic root with Skënder. Aleksandër was borrowed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀλέξανδρος.

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 3

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Ancient Greek

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Ancient Greek

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“white, bright”

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Ancient Greek

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Ancient Greek

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Ancient Greek

Alistreeney

Alistreeney is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Manx.

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