Given name
Aleksandr
“helper and defender of mankind”
Aleksandr is a form of Alexander. One Greek interpretation is “helper and defender of mankind.”
Original RussianАлександр
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aleksandr is a form of Alexander. One Greek interpretation is “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aleksandr through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,675
- 1,675 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 72 babies
- 2025
- 44
- #2,837 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 44 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,837 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 14.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 72 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,767 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.
Aleksandr’s family of names
Aleksandr has an affectionate form in Sasha. Aleksandr shares a linguistic root with Alexander. In Breton usage, Aleksandr has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Alejandro.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aleksandr has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.
Russianwhere Aleksandr comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
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 31
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AlejandroSpanish
- AlessandroPortuguese, Italian
- Alistairequivalent
- Aleksanderequivalent
- AlexandrePortuguese, French
- Sandroequivalent
- Aleksandrafeminine form
- Aleksandarequivalent
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- Alexandrequivalent
- Oleksandrequivalent
- Aleksequivalent
- Alexandruequivalent
- Iskandarequivalent
- Aleksandrsequivalent
- Lisàndarequivalent
- Aliaksandrequivalent
- Aleksandrasequivalent
- Àlexequivalent
- Олександрequivalent
- Olexandrequivalent
- Sándorequivalent
- Lissanderequivalent
- Аляксандрequivalent
- Александърequivalent
- إسكندرequivalent
- Аляксандарequivalent
- Alissandruequivalent
- Aleksanteriequivalent
- Aleksandroequivalent
- Alaksandarequivalent
- Александарequivalent
People named Aleksandr
- Alexander PushkinRussian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
- Aleksandr SolzhenitsynRussian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)
- Alexander I of RussiaThe tenth Emperor of Russia (1777–1825)
- Alexander II of RussiaThe 12th Emperor of Russia (1855–1881)1818–1881
- Alexander BlokRussian poet (1880–1921)
- Alexander III of RussiaEmperor of Russia from 1881 to 18941845–1894
- Alexander SuvorovRussian marshal (1730–1800)
- Alexander AlekhineRussian-French chess player (1892–1946)
- Alexander HerzenRussian author, philosopher, and revolutionary (1812–1870)
Characters named Aleksandr: Shurik (Soviet film character), Shura Balaganov (Ilf and Petrov's novel The Little Golden Calf).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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