Alexander
Meaning of Alexander
Alexander bursts onto the scene like a mariachi trumpeter in shining armor, a Greek-born “defender of men” who still sets hearts thumping from Athens to Acapulco. He says his name with a confident roll—al-ig-ZAN-dur—sharp, sunny, and easy on the ear. History casts him as the great Macedonian conqueror, but folklore keeps adding fresh brushstrokes: Roman generals, Russian czars, Latin poets, even playground legends dribbling soccer balls under a tropical sky. U.S. stats show him salsa-dancing near the top of the charts for decades, peaking at a fiery number six and still spinning within today’s top thirty. He carries a treasure chest of nicknames—Alex, Xander, Lex—each coin glinting with its own flavor. Regal yet ready for recess, vintage yet vibrant, Alexander is a timeless conquistador who turns every cradle into a small, bright empire of possibility.
Pronunciation
American English
- Pronunced as al-ig-ZAN-dur (/ˈæl.ɪɡˈzæn.dɚ/)
British English
- Pronunced as al-ig-ZAN-dur (/ˈal.ɪɡˈzæn.dər/)
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Similar Names to Alexander
Notable People Named Alexander
| Alexander the Great, king of Macedon, conquered a vast empire from Greece to India by age 30 and is remembered as an undefeated military commander. |
| Alexander von Humboldt was a German polymath and explorer who cofounded modern geography and pioneered biogeography as well as long term geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring. |
| Alexander Hamilton was an American Founding Father who served as the first United States Secretary of the Treasury under President George Washington from 1789 to 1795. |
| Alexander Graham Bell, a Scottish-born Canadian American inventor, scientist, and engineer, patented the first practical telephone and co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885. |
| Alexander Sascha Zverev is a German Russian tennis star, current world No. 3 and former No. 2, a 2020 Olympic gold medalist, two time ATP Finals champion, three time major runner up, with 24 ATP singles and two doubles titles. |
| Lee Alexander McQueen was a celebrated British fashion designer who founded his label, led Givenchy, won top industry awards, and died in 2010. |
| Alexander Grothendieck was a German born French mathematician who reshaped modern algebraic geometry with groundbreaking foundations and is widely regarded as the greatest mathematician of the twentieth century. |
| Scottish physician and microbiologist Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 and shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain. |
| Alexander Pushkin was a Russian Romantic poet, playwright, and novelist, widely regarded as the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. |
| Alexander Armstrong - Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong is an English actor, comedian, broadcaster and singer who hosts the BBC One game show Pointless and presents a weekday morning show on Classic FM. |
| Alexander Glazunov was a Russian late Romantic composer, teacher, and conductor who led the Saint Petersburg Conservatory after the Revolution and mentored Dmitri Shostakovich. |
| Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky was Prince of Novgorod and, from 1252 to 1263, Grand Prince of Vladimir. |
| Alexander Isak is a Swedish striker for Liverpool and Sweden, renowned for dribbling, finishing, and clever movement, and considered among the best in the world. |
| Alexander Borodin was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist, a member of The Five, best known for his symphonies, string quartets, In the Steppes of Central Asia, and the opera Prince Igor. |
| Alexander Agassiz - Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz was an American scientist and engineer, son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz. |
