Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Alexandar isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alexandar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 681
- 681 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −65%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 41 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 758 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.
Alexandar’s family of names
In Serbian usage, Alexandar has a related form in Александар.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Alexandar
- Aleksandar Borkovićassociation football playerborn 1999
- Alexandar BuynovBulgarian politician (1879-1924)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.