Given name & surname
Aleksandar
“helper and defender of mankind”
Aleksandar is a variant of Alexander. One Greek interpretation is “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aleksandar is a variant of Alexander. One Greek interpretation is “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Aleksandar is a variant of Alexander. Alexander has been associated with Latin and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Old Church Slavonic Алеѯандръ, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓λέξᾰνδρος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aleksandar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,437
- 1,437 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 56 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #4,711 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,711 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 19.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 56 in 2005. In 2025, Illinois had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,780 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aleksandar’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Aleksandar has a diminutive in Saša. In Slovenian usage, Aleksandar has a feminine form in Aleksandra. Aleksandar has a related form in Alexander.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aleksandar has relatives in 12 languages.
9 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 25
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AlejandroSpanish
- AlessandroPortuguese, Italian
- Aleksanderequivalent
- AlexandrePortuguese, French
- Sandroequivalent
- Aleksandrafeminine form · Slovene
- Aleksandrequivalent
- Alexandrequivalent
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- Oleksandrequivalent
- Alexandruequivalent
- Aleksequivalent
- Aleksandrsequivalent
- Sándorequivalent
- Lissanderequivalent
- Александърequivalent
- Alissandruequivalent
- Aleksanteriequivalent
- Aleksandroequivalent
- АлександрRussian
- Lisàndarequivalent
- Aleksandrasequivalent
- Àlexequivalent
- Олександрequivalent
- Aleksándarhas masculine form
- Алеѯандръsource · cu
People named Aleksandar
- Aleksandar Vučić5th President of the Republic of Serbiaborn 1970
- Aleksandar MitrovićSerbian association football playerborn 1994
- Alexander I of YugoslaviaPrince regent of Kingdom of Serbia and later King of Yugoslavia 1921–341888–1934
- Aleksandar KolarovSerbian footballer (born 1985)
- Alexander I of Serbiaking of Serbia 1889-19031876–1903
- Aleksandar DragovićAustrian association football playerborn 1991
- Aleksandar ŽivkovićSerbian association football playerborn 1977
- Aleksandar PavlovićGerman footballer (born 2004)
- Alexander, Crown Prince of YugoslaviaHead of the House of Karađorđevićborn 1945
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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