Given name & surname
Alessandro
“helper and defender of mankind”
Alessandro is a form of Alexander. One Greek interpretation is “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alessandro is a form of Alexander. One Greek interpretation is “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alessandro is a form of Alexander. Alexander has been associated with Latin and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian use, Alessandro is used as a form of Alexander.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1933. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alessandro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12,002
- 12,002 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 608 babies
- 2025
- 608
- #497 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +29%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 608 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 497 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 28.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (138). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,245 as a first name in 2020; 851 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alessandro’s family of names
In Italian usage, Alessandro has a diminutive in Sandro. Alessandro shares a linguistic root with Alexander. In Portuguese usage, Alessandro has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Alejandro.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alessandro has relatives in 62 languages.
47 related names in 62 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 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 53
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Alejandrodoublet · Spanish
- AlecWelsh
- AleksanderPolish, Norwegian Bokmål
- Alexandredoublet · Portuguese, French
- Alexandrodoublet · Spanish, Portuguese
- AleksandrBreton
- AlasdairScottish Gaelic
- AleksandarSerbo-Croatian, Croatian
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- Oleksandrequivalent
- AlexandrCzech
- Aleksequivalent
- AlexandruRomanian
- IskanderIndonesian
- AlastarIrish
- SikandarUrdu, Hindi
- Aleksandrsequivalent
- Alexsandroequivalent
- SkenderKurdish
- AlesanderBasque
- Àlexequivalent
- Lissandriequivalent
- Lissanderequivalent
- АлександрRussian
- АлександарSerbian, Serbo-Croatian
- Lisàndarequivalent
- سكندرUrdu
- ОлександрUkrainian
- İskenderTurkish
- อเล็กซานเดอร์Thai
- AlissandruSicilian
- اسکندرPersian
- OllisterManx
- AleksandrasLithuanian
- AleksandersLatvian
- アレクサンダーJapanese
- אלעקסאנדערYiddish
- SándorHungarian
- Alaksanduhit
- सिकन्दरHindi
- אלכסנדרHebrew
- Ἀλέξανδροςroot · Ancient Greek
- ΑλέξανδροςGreek
- AlaiksandrusGothic
- ალექსანდრეGeorgian
- AleksanteriFinnish
- AleksandroEsperanto
- 알렉산더Korean
- 亚历山大Chinese
- АлександърBulgarian
- АляксандрBelarusian
- اسكندرArabic
- LekaAlbanian
- EskenderAmharic
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Alessandro
- Alessandro VoltaItalian chemist and physicist (1745–1827)
- Sandro BotticelliItalian painter (1445–1510)
- Alessandro ManzoniItalian writer and poet (1785–1873)
- Pope Paul IIIpope of the Catholic Church from 1534 to 1549 (1468–1549)
- Alessandro Del PieroItalian association football playerborn 1974
- Sandro PertiniItalian journalist, resistance leader and politician, President of Italy from 1978 to 19851896–1990
- Alessandro NestaItalian association football player and manager (born 1976)
- Alessandro ScarlattiItalian composer (1660–1725)
- Alessandro SantosBrazilian-Japanese association football playerborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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