Given name · also Turkish
İskender
İskender is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
İskender comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Turkish usage, İskender developed from Ἀλέξανδρος.
İskender’s family of names
In Turkish usage, İskender shares a linguistic root with Skënder. In Turkish usage, İskender has a conventional equivalent in the English form Alexander. In Turkish usage, İskender has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Alejandro.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
İskender has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere İskender comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AlexanderEnglish, German
- AlejandroSpanish
- AlessandroPortuguese, Italian
- AleksanderPolish
- AlexandrePortuguese, French
- Искәндәрcognate · Bashkir
- ΙσκεντέρGreek
- Ἀλέξανδροςroot · Ancient Greek
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People named İskender
- İskender PalaTurkish poet and writer (born 1958)
- İskender AlınTurkish association football player (born 1984)
- İskender KöksalTurkish association football player (born 1981)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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