Meaning & origin
What it means
Oleksandr is a romanization of Олександр. Олександр goes back to a word meaning “I defend.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Oleksandr is a romanization of Олександр. Олександр comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Oleksandr through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 87
- 87 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,542 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,542 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,511 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.
Oleksandr’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Oleksandr is a transliteration of Олександр.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 31
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Alexanderequivalent
- Alejandroequivalent
- Alessandroequivalent
- Aleksanderequivalent
- Alexandreequivalent
- Sandroequivalent
- Aleksandrequivalent
- Aleksandarequivalent
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- Alexandrequivalent
- Aleksequivalent
- Alexandruequivalent
- Olesequivalent
- Aleksandrsequivalent
- Alesequivalent
- Aleksandroequivalent
- Александрequivalent
- Alaksandarequivalent
- Олесьequivalent
- Lisàndarequivalent
- Oleksaequivalent
- Aleksandrasequivalent
- Àlexequivalent
- Алесьequivalent
- Olexandrequivalent
- Oleksanderequivalent
- Sándorequivalent
- Lissanderequivalent
- Олексаequivalent
- Аляксандарequivalent
- Alissandruequivalent
- Aleksanteriequivalent
People named Oleksandr
- Oleksandr TurchynovUkrainian politician, screenwriter, and Doctor of Economic Sciencesborn 1964
- Alexander DovzhenkoSoviet Ukrainian screenwriter, film producer and director (1894–1956)
- Alexander ArchipenkoAmerican sculptor and artist of Ukrainian origin (1887–1964)
- Oleksandr ZinchenkoUkrainian association football playerborn 1996
- Oleksandr ShovkovskyiUkrainian footballerborn 1975
- Oleksandr UsykUkrainian boxerborn 1987
- Oleksandr SyrskyiUkrainian general (born 1965)
- Oleksandr KucherUkrainian footballerborn 1982
- Oleksandr AbramenkoUkrainian freestyle skierborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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