Alejandro

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Alexander in US United States, VE Venezuela, DE Germany and 7 more, Александр in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 2 more, Alexandre in BR Brazil, FR France and Олександр in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Alejandro is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name885K records spelled Alejandro32 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador

  Languages: English, Dutch, Danish

  Also written Aléjandro, Älëjändrö, Ãľęjâńďřő, 'Alejandro, Alèjàndrò

• a separate given name213K records spelled Alejandro2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Alejándro

• Lao given name42K records spelled Alejandro50 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Chile

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Älëjändrö, 'Alejandro, A'Lejandro, Áléjándró, Alejandrö

• German given name25K records spelled Alejandro5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Spain, Austria

  Also written Áléjándró, Alejándro

• Polish given name16K records spelled Alejandro17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Spain, Peru

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Алехандро, Alekhandro, Alehandro, Alëjändrö, Älêjändrô

• Indonesian given name11K records spelled Alejandro4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Peru, Indonesia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Älëjändrö, Alëjåndrô

82 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Alejandro is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Alejandro är en spansk form av → Alexander. Alejandra är motsvarande femininform.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In French, Variante espagnole d’Alexandre, du grec Alexandros, « qui protège les hommes ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In English, A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Alexander.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Spanish form of ALEXANDER .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 128 years between 1885–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Fidel Castrob. 1926CUnot in their usual nameCuban politician, author and revolutionary (1926–2016)
• Alejandro Maldonado Aguirreb. 1936GTGuatemalan lawyer, politician and judge. President 2015-2016
• Alejandro Toledob. 1946PEPresident of Peru from 2001 to 2006
• Alejandro Mayorkasb. 1959CUUnited States 7th Secretary of Homeland Security
• Alejandro González Iñárritub. 1963MXMexican film director
• Alejandro Amenábarb. 1972CLSpanish-Chilean film director, screenwriter and composer
• Javier Mascheranob. 1984ARnot in their usual nameArgentine association football player and manager
• Alexis Sánchezb. 1988CLnot in their usual nameChilean footballer (born 1988)
• Exequiel Palaciosb. 1998ARnot in their usual nameArgentine association football player
• Alejandro Garnachob. 2004ESSpanish-Argentine association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,347 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alejandro?

We estimate roughly 1.9 million people bear Alejandro (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Alejandro have the most bearers?

Alejandro is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled александр.

How common is Alejandro compared with other names?

In Russia, Alejandro is the most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Alejandro a male or female name?

Alejandro is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Alejandro mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander