Given name
Alexandros
“helper and defender of mankind”
Alexandros is a variant of Alexander. One Greek interpretation is “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alexandros is a variant of Alexander. One Greek interpretation is “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alexandros is a variant of Alexander. Alexander has been associated with Latin and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alexandros through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,775
- 1,775 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 60 babies
- 2025
- 49
- #2,644 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +11%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 49 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,644 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 11.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 60 in 2007. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,690 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.
Alexandros’s family of names
In English usage, Alexandros shares a linguistic root with Alexander. In English usage, Alexandros was borrowed from the Greek form Αλέξανδρος. Alexandros has a related form in Alexander.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Alexequivalent
- Alexisequivalent
- Alexiosequivalent
- Alekosequivalent
- Aleksisequivalent
- Άλεξequivalent
- Αλέξηςequivalent
- Αλέξιοςequivalent
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People named Alexandros
- Alexander the Greatking of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)355 BC–322 BC
- Alexander IV of MacedonKing of Macedonia from 323/2 to 309 BC322 BC–308 BC
- AlexanderByzantine emperor from 912 to 913872–913
- Pope Alexander I of AlexandriaPatriarch of Alexandria250–326
- Alexander of Aphrodisias2nd-3rd century Greek peripatetic philosopher and commentator on Aristotle200–215
- Alexander YpsilantisGreek general (1792-1828)
- Alexander Jannaeussecond king of the Hasmonean dynasty of Judea126 BC–75 BC
- Alexander I of Macedonruler of Macedonia from c. 498 to 454 BC
- Alexander Heliosson of Egyptian Pharaoh Cleopatra VII39 BC
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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