Alexander

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• General-American: /ˌælɪɡˈzændɚ/
  Play
• General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndɚ] æ-raising, rhotic
  Play
• [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndə] æ-raising, non-rhotic
  Play
• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌalɪɡˈzɑːndə/
  Play
• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• rhymes with -ɑːndə(ɹ)
  Play
• rhymes with -ændə(ɹ)
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: AE2 L AH0 G Z AE1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play
• CMU ARPABET 2: AE2 L IH0 G Z AE1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

Borrowed from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Alastair, Alejandro, Iskandar, Sikandar, Alessandro, and Alexandre.

Unknown. Apparently from either the given name or the surname Alexander, but the connection is unclear. Attested since the early 20th century.

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Lleshdër Lleshdri — male given name
• Amharic: አሌክሳንደር (ʾäleksandär) — male given name
• Arabic: إِسْكَنْدَر (ʔiskandar) — male given name
• Arabic: أَلِكْسَنْدَر (ʔaliksandar) — male given name
• Arabic: اَلإِسْكَنْدَر (al-ʔiskandar) — male given name
• Armenian: Ալեքսանդր (Alekʻsandr) — male given name
• Asturian: Alexandru — male given name
• Asturian: Xandru — male given name
• Bashkir: Искәндәр (İskəndər) — male given name
• Basque: Alesander — male given name
• Belarusian: Алякса́ндр (Aljaksándr) — male given name
• Bengali: সিকান্দর (śikandor) — male given name
• Bengali: আলেকজান্ডার (alekojanḍar) — male given name
• Breton: Aleksandr — male given name
• Bulgarian: Алекса́ндър (Aleksándǎr) — male given name
• Catalan: Alexandre — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 亞歷山大 /亚历山大 (Yàlìshāndà) — male given name
• Coptic: ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲟⲥ (aleksandros) — male given name
• Corsican: Alessandru — male given name
• Czech: Alexandr — male given name
• Danish: Alexander — male given name
• Dutch: Alexander — male given name
• Egyptian: ꜣrwksjndrs (A-rw:k:z-i-n:d-r:z) — male given name
• Esperanto: Aleksandro — male given name
• Estonian: Aleksander — male given name
• Faroese: Aleksandur — male given name
• Finnish: Aleksanteri — male given name
• French: Alexandre — male given name
• Friulian: Lissandri — male given name
• Galician: Alexandre — male given name
• Georgian: ალექსანდრე (aleksandre) — male given name
• German: Alexander — male given name
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃 (alaiksandrus) — male given name
• Greek: Αλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) — male given name
• Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) — male given name
• Hebrew: אלכסנדר (aleksander) — male given name
• Hindi: सिकन्दर (sikandar) — male given name
• Hindi: सिकंदर (sikandar) — male given name
• Hindi: इसकन्दर (iskandar) — male given name
• Hindi: इसकंदर (iskandar) — male given name
• Hittite: 𒀀𒆷𒀝𒊭𒀭𒁺𒍑 (/⁠Alaksandu⁠/) — male given name
• Hungarian: Sándor — male given name
• Icelandic: Alexander — male given name
• Indonesian: Iskandar — male given name
• Ingrian: Oleksandra — male given name
• Irish: Alastar — male given name
• Italian: Alessandro — male given name
• Japanese: アレクサンダー (Arekusandā) — male given name
• Kazakh: Ескендір (Eskendır) — male given name
• Korean: 알렉산더 (Alleksandeo) — male given name
• Northern Kurdish: Skender — male given name
• Kyrgyz: Искендер (İskender) — male given name
• Latin: Alexander — male given name
• Latvian: Aleksandrs — male given name
• Lithuanian: Aleksándras — male given name
• Lombard: Lissander — male given name
• Macedonian: Алекса́ндар (Aleksándar) — male given name
• Madurese: ꦲꦶꦱ꧀ꦏꦤ꧀ꦢꦂ (iskandar) — male given name
• Malay: Iskandar — male given name
• Manx: Ollister — male given name
• Manx: Alistair — male given name
• Manx: Alister — male given name
• Maranao: Iskandal — male given name
• Norwegian: Alexander — male given name
• Norwegian: Aleksander — male given name
• Old Church Slavonic: Алєѯандръ (Aleksandrŭ) — male given name
• Persian: الکساندر (aleksânder) — male given name
• Persian: اسکندر (eskandar) — male given name
• Middle Persian: [Term?] (/⁠Aleksandar⁠/) — male given name
• Middle Persian: ʾlksndl (/⁠Aleksandar⁠/) — male given name
• Middle Persian: skndl — male given name
• Polabian: Sądår — male given name
• Polish: Aleksander — male given name
• Polish: Aleksy — male given name
• Portuguese: Alexandre — male given name
• Romanian: Alexandru — male given name
• Romanian: Александру (Alexandru) — male given name
• Russian: Алекса́ндр (Aleksándr) — male given name
• Sanskrit: अलक्षेन्द्र (alakṣendra) — male given name
• Sanskrit: सेकन्धर (sekandhara) — male given name
• Sardinian: Alessandru — male given name
• Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Алекса́ндар — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Aleksándar — male given name
• Sicilian: Alissandru — male given name
• Sicilian: Alessandru — male given name
• Slovak: Alexander — male given name
• Slovene: Aleksánder — male given name
• Spanish: Alejandro — male given name
• Swedish: Alexander — male given name
• Tatar: Искәндәр (İskändär) — male given name
• Thai: อเล็กซานเดอร์ (alèksaanáde) — male given name
• Turkish: İskender — male given name
• Udmurt: Сандыр (Sandyr) — male given name
• Udmurt: Сашка (Saška) — male given name
• Udmurt: Сашик (Sašik) — male given name
• Udmurt: Санко (Sanko) — male given name
• Udmurt: Олексан (Oľeksan) — male given name
• Udmurt: Очан (Oćan) — male given name
• Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр (Oleksándr) — male given name
• Urdu: سکندر (Sikandar) — male given name
• Uyghur: ئىسكەندەر (iskender) — male given name
• Venetan: Lisandro — male given name
• Vietnamese: A Lịch Sơn — male given name
• Vietnamese: Alexanđê — male given name
• Vietnamese: Alếchxanđrơ — male given name
• Welsh: Alec — male given name
• Yiddish: אַלעקסאַנדער (aleksander) — male given name