Given name & surname
Alexandre
“helper and defender of mankind”
Alexandre is a variant of Alexander. One Greek interpretation is “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alexandre is a variant of Alexander. One Greek interpretation is “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alexandre is a variant of Alexander. Alexander has been associated with Latin and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Alexandre developed from the Latin form Alexander. In Old Galician-Portuguese usage, Alexandre developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀλέξανδρος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alexandre through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,389
- 5,244 boys · 145 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 173 babies
- 2025
- 67
- #2,148 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 67 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,148 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 19.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 173 in 2003. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,417 as a first name in 2020; 5,094 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.
Alexandre’s family of names
In French usage, Alexandre has a diminutive in Alex. In Portuguese usage, Alexandre developed from the Latin form Alexander. In Portuguese usage, Alexandre has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Alejandro.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alexandre has relatives in 67 languages.
62 related names in 67 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 67
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AlejandroSpanish
- Alexandrafeminine form · French
- Alessandrodoublet · Portuguese, Italian
- Alistairequivalent
- AlecWelsh
- AleksanderPolish, Norwegian Bokmål
- SandroSpanish, Italian
- AleksandrBreton
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- AlasdairScottish Gaelic
- AleksandarSerbo-Croatian, Croatian
- Oleksandrequivalent
- AlexandrCzech
- Aleksequivalent
- AlexandruRomanian
- IskanderIndonesian
- AlastarIrish
- Sandrinefeminine form · French
- SkenderKurdish
- AlesanderBasque
- AleksandrsLatvian
- Lisàndarequivalent
- Aliaksandrequivalent
- Àlexequivalent
- Lissandriequivalent
- Lissanderequivalent
- Alexandresequivalent
- Аляксандарequivalent
- АлександрRussian
- अलेक्संदरborrowing · kok
- Alegzandecognate · Walloon
- ალექსანდრეGeorgian
- ԱլեքսանդրArmenian
- Ἀλέξανδροςroot · Ancient Greek
- АлександарSerbian, Serbo-Croatian
- سكندرUrdu
- ОлександрUkrainian
- İskenderTurkish
- อเล็กซานเดอร์Thai
- AlissandruSicilian
- اسکندرPersian
- OllisterManx
- AleksandrasLithuanian
- AleksandersLatvian
- アレクサンダーJapanese
- אלעקסאנדערYiddish
- SándorHungarian
- Alaksanduhit
- सिकन्दरHindi
- אלכסנדרHebrew
- ΑλέξανδροςGreek
- AlaiksandrusGothic
- AleksanteriFinnish
- AleksandroEsperanto
- 알렉산더Korean
- 亚历山大Chinese
- АлександърBulgarian
- АляксандрBelarusian
- اسكندرArabic, Persian
- LekaAlbanian
- LisciànniruSicilian
And 7 more.
People named Alexandre
- Alexandre DumasFrench writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
- Alexandre Dumas filsFrench writer and dramatist (1824–1895)
- Gustave EiffelFrench chemical engineer and architect (1832–1923)
- Henry III of FranceKing of France from 1574 to 1589 (1551-1589)
- Alexandre MillerandFrench lawyer and statesman (1859–1943)
- Alexandre PatoBrazilian football player (born 1989)
- Alexandre LacazetteFrench footballer (born 1991)
- Alex SongCameroonian and French footballerborn 1987
- Alexandre DesplatFrench film composer (born 1961)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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