Given name & surname
Alexandru
Alexandru is a masculine given name from Spanish, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Romanian and Asturian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Romanian use, Alexandru shares an earlier linguistic root with Alexander. Alexander has been associated with Latin and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Asturian usage, Alexandru developed from the Latin form Alexander. In Romanian usage, Alexandru developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀλέξανδρος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alexandru through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 614
- 614 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,279 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −54%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,279 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 54.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 34 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,541 as a first name in 2020; 208 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.
Alexandru’s family of names
In Romanian usage, Alexandru has a diminutive in Sandu. In Asturian usage, Alexandru developed from the Latin form Alexander. In Romanian usage, Alexandru has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Alejandro.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alexandru has relatives in 12 languages.
11 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 25
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Alejandrosource · Spanish
- Alexandrahas masculine form
- AlessandroPortuguese
- Alistairequivalent
- AleksanderPolish
- AlexandrePortuguese, French
- Sandroequivalent
- Aleksandrequivalent
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- Aleksandarequivalent
- Alexandrequivalent
- Oleksandrequivalent
- Aleksequivalent
- Aleksandrsequivalent
- Alissandruequivalent
- Aleksanteriequivalent
- Aleksandroequivalent
- АлександрRussian
- АлександарSerbian
- Lisàndarequivalent
- Aleksandrasequivalent
- Àlexequivalent
- Олександрequivalent
- Sándorequivalent
- Lissanderequivalent
- Ἀλέξανδροςroot · Ancient Greek
People named Alexandru
- Alexandru Ioan Cuzafirst ruler of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia1820–1873
- Alexandru AverescuMarshal and former Prime Minister of Romania (1859-1938)
- Alexandru EpureanuMoldovan footballerborn 1986
- Alexandru MacedonskiWallachian-born Romanian poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic (1854-1920)
- Alexandru ChipciuRomanian footballerborn 1989
- Alexandru MunteanuMoldovan economist, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldovaborn 1964
- Alexandru CicâldăuRomanian professional footballerborn 1997
- Alexandru MățelRomanian footballerborn 1989
- Alexandru Vaida-VoevodPrime Minister of Romania (1872-1950)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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