Aleksandr

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Alexander in US United States, VE Venezuela, DE Germany and 7 more, Alejandro in AR Argentina, MX Mexico, ES Spain and 5 more, Александр in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 2 more and Alexandre in BR Brazil, FR France.

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 23 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◐

Aleksandr is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Lithuanian given name91K records spelled Aleksandr3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Lithuanian, Latvian

  Also written Ąleksandr

• a separate given name15K records spelled Aleksandr3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Ukraine, Belarus

  Also written Aleksandr͏, Aleksándr

52 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●

Aleksandr is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A transliteration of the Russian male given name Алекса́ндр (Aleksándr)

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

• In Russian, de alexein, défendre et andros, homme.

  as a name·Russian Names

• Usual spelling in the Roman alphabet of the Russian form of ALEXANDER . Feminine form: Aleksandra .

  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) — 51 years between 1971–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Alexander I of Russiab. 1777RUnot in their usual nameThe tenth Emperor of Russia (1777–1825)
• Alexander III of Russiab. 1845RUnot in their usual nameEmperor of Russia from 1881 to 1894
• Aleksandr Popovb. 1859RURussian physicist (1859–1906)
• Alexander Scriabinb. 1872RUnot in their usual nameRussian composer and pianist (1872–1915)
• Aleksandr Vasil'evič Kolčakb. 1874RURussian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
• Aleksandr Blokb. 1880RURussian poet (1880–1921)
• Alexander Friedmannb. 1888RUnot in their usual nameRussian mathematician (1888-1925)
• Alexander Alekhineb. 1892FRnot in their usual nameRussian-French chess player (1892–1946)
• Alexander Pokryshkinb. 1913RUnot in their usual nameSoviet aviator (1913-1985)
• Alexander Lukashenkab. 1954BYnot in their usual namePresident of the Republic of Belarus

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 · 444 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aleksandr?

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

In which country does Aleksandr have the most bearers?

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

How common is Aleksandr compared with other names?

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

Is Aleksandr a male or female name?

Aleksandr 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 Aleksandr mean?

Recorded meaning: "steadfast."