Given name
Aleksandrs
“to ward off; to protect”·“man”
Aleksandrs is a masculine given name from Russian. It is used in Latvian.
Original RussianАлександр
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aleksandrs is a romanization of Алекса. Алекса is built from elements meaning “to ward off; to protect” and “man” and “man”.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aleksandrs through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 5 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 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aleksandrs’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Aleksandrs shares a linguistic root with the English form Alexander. In Latvian usage, Aleksandrs has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Alejandro. In Latvian usage, Aleksandrs has a conventional equivalent in the English form Alexander.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aleksandrs has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.
Russianwhere Aleksandrs comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 26
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- АлександрRussian
- Alexandercognate · English, German
- AlejandroSpanish
- Alessandroequivalent
- Aleksanderequivalent
- AlexandreFrench
- Sandyequivalent
- Sandroequivalent
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- Aleksandracognate · ltg
- Aleksandrequivalent
- Aleksandarequivalent
- Alexandrequivalent
- Oleksandrequivalent
- Alexandruequivalent
- Aleksequivalent
- Alissandruequivalent
- Aleksanteriequivalent
- Aleksandroequivalent
- Lisàndarequivalent
- Aleksandrasequivalent
- Àlexequivalent
- Олександрequivalent
- Sándorequivalent
- Lissanderequivalent
- Oleksandraequivalent
- Олександраequivalent
People named Aleksandrs
- Aleksandrs CauņaLatvian association footballer (born 1988)
- Aleksandrs ČaksLatvian writer (1901–1950)
- Aleksandrs KoliņkoLatvian footballer (born 1975)
- Aleksandrs StarkovsLatvian footballer and football manager (born 1955)
- Aleksandrs ŅiživijsLatvian ice hockey playerborn 1976
- Aleksandrs SamoilovsLatvian beach volleyball player (born 1985)
- Aleksandrs ČekulajevsLatvian footballer and football agent (born 1985)
- Aleksandrs GrīnsLatvian author, officer and journalist (1895-1941)
- Aleksandrs JackēvičsLatvian judoka (born 1958)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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