Given name & surname
Aleksander
“helper and defender of mankind”
Aleksander is a form of Alexander. One Greek interpretation is “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aleksander is a form of Alexander. One Greek interpretation is “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Aleksander is a form of Alexander. Alexander has been associated with Latin and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Aleksander is used as a form of Alexander.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aleksander through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,166
- 4,166 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 171 babies
- 2025
- 126
- #1,425 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −14%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 126 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,425 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 14.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 171 in 2014. In 2025, Illinois had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (14). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,473 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.
Aleksander’s family of names
In Polish usage, Aleksander has a diminutive in Alek. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Aleksander developed from the Latin form Alexander. In Polish usage, Aleksander has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Alejandro.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aleksander has relatives in 40 languages.
42 related names in 40 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 12
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 42
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AlejandroSpanish
- XanderGerman
- ZanderGerman
- AlessandroPortuguese, Italian
- AlexandrePortuguese, French
- Sandroequivalent
- Aleksandrahas masculine form
- Aleksandrequivalent
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- Aleksandarequivalent
- Oleksandrequivalent
- AlexandrCzech
- Alexsanderequivalent
- AlexandruRomanian
- Aleksandrsequivalent
- SkenderKurdish
- Lisàndarequivalent
- Àlexequivalent
- Oleksanderequivalent
- Lissanderequivalent
- Aleksandersen“son of” surname · Norwegian Bokmål
- АлександрRussian
- АлександарSerbian, Macedonian
- Sandersenpatronymic from · Norwegian Bokmål
- SándorHungarian
- ОлександрUkrainian
- İskenderTurkish
- AlissandruSicilian
- Ἀλέξανδροςroot · gr, Ancient Greek
- اسکندرPersian
- ԱլեքսանդրArmenian
- ΑλέξανδροςGreek
- AleksandrasLithuanian
- אַלעקסאַנדערYiddish
- אלכסנדרHebrew
- 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃Gothic
- Aleksantericognate · Finnish
- AleksandroEsperanto
- АлександърBulgarian
- Аляксандарbe-tarask
- АляксандрBelarusian
- إسكندرArabic
- LekaAlbanian
People named Aleksander
- Aleksander KwaśniewskiPresident of Poland from 1995 to 2005born 1954
- Bolesław PrusPolish novelist (1847–1912)
- Aleksander ČeferinSlovenian football administratorborn 1967
- Alexander JagiellonKing of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania1460–1506
- Aleksander WolszczanPolish astronomerborn 1946
- Aleksander KlumbergEstonian athletics competitor, coach and sportsperson (1899-1958)
- Aleksander FredroPolish writer (1793–1876)
- Aleksander Aamodt KildeNorwegian alpine skierborn 1992
- Aleksander TammertEstonian athletics competitor (born 1973)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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