Given name & surname
Sikandar
“helper and defender of mankind”
In English use, Sikandar has a related form in Alexander. One Greek interpretation is “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Sikandar has a related form in Alexander. One Greek interpretation is “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Sikandar has a related form in 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 2023. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sikandar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,612 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,612 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 232 as a first name in 2020; 185 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.
Sikandar’s family of names
In English usage, Sikandar shares an earlier linguistic root with Alexander. In Urdu usage, Sikandar has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Alessandro. In English usage, Sikandar has a related form in Alexander.
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Around the world
Sikandar has relatives in 4 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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