Given name & surname
Iskender
“helper and defender of mankind”
Iskender is a variant of Iskander. In Arabic use, Iskander carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Iskender is a variant of Iskander. In Arabic use, Iskander carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Iskender through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27
- 27 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2019.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Iskender’s family of names
Iskender has a related form in Iskander. In English usage, Iskender has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Ισκεντέρ. In Turkish usage, Iskender has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Александр.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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