Alexander

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˌælɪɡˈzændɚ/ (æ-tensing, rhotic) IPA(key): [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndɚ] (æ-tensing, non-rhotic) IPA(key): [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndə] (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌalɪɡˈzɑːndə/ Hyphenation: Al‧ex‧an‧der Rhymes: -ɑːndə(ɹ), -ændə(ɹ) === Proper noun === Alexander (plural Alexanders) A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great. A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic, anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair (“son of Alexander”). A place in the United States: A city in Pulaski County and Saline County, Arkansas. An unincorporated community in Burke County, Georgia; named for early settler Hugh Alexander. A minor city in Franklin County, Iowa. A minor city in Rush County, Kansas; named for early settler Alexander Harvey. A town in Washington County, Maine; named for British politician and financier Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton. A town and village therein, in Genesee County, New York; named for early settler Alexander Rea. A minor city in McKenzie County, North Dakota; named for early North Dakota politician Alexander McKenzie. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia; named for local lumber businessman John M. Alexander. A rural municipality in eastern Manitoba, Canada. A community in the Rural Municipality of Whitehead, Manitoba, Canada; named for early settler Alexander Speers. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Alexandra and its variants shorter forms such as Alex, Sandy or Xander ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Alexander (plural Alexanders) Alternative letter-case form of alexander. === Anagrams === Alexandre == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈalɛksandr̩] === Proper noun === Alexander m anim a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Alexander”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz “Alexander”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Proper noun === Alexander a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander ==== Related terms ==== (male given names:) Alex (female forms:) Alexandra, Sandra, Sascha == Dutch == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Alexander m a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander ==== Related terms ==== Alexandra Sander == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˌalɛˈksandɐ] Hyphenation: A‧le‧xan‧der === Proper noun === Alexander a male given name, feminine equivalent Alexandra or Sandra, equivalent to English Alexander; diminutive forms Alex, Sandro, Sascha == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɒlɛksɒndɛr] Hyphenation: Ale‧xan‧der Rhymes: -ɛr === Proper noun === Alexander a male given name ==== Declension ==== == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaːlɛksantɛ(ː)r/ === Proper noun === Alexander m (proper noun, genitive singular Alexanders) a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== variants: Alex female forms: Alexandra, Sandra == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) +‎ ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.ɫɛkˈsan.dɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.leɡˈzan.der] === Proper noun === Alexander m (genitive Alexandrī); second declension A masculine praenomen. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). ==== Descendants ==== Corsican: Lisandru Emilian: Alessander ⇒ Emilian: Alesànder Italian: Alessandro Sicilian: Alissantru Ligurian: Lusciandro Lombard: Lissander Old Navarro-Aragonese: → Asturian: Aleixandre Neapolitan: Alessandro Old French: AlixandreFrench: Alexandre→ Breton: Aleksandr, AlesantNorman: Alexandre Old Leonese: Asturian: Xandru, Alexandru Extremaduran: Alejandru Mirandese: Alxandre Old Occitan: Catalan: Alexandre Occitan: Alexandre Old Galician-Portuguese: AlexandreGalician: AlexandrePortuguese: Alexandre, Alexandro→ Vietnamese: Alexanđê Old Spanish: Ladino: Aleksandro Spanish: Alejandro, Alexandro→ Basque: Alexandro→ Cebuano: Alejandro→ English: Alejandro→ Ilocano: Alehandro→ Tagalog: Alejandro→ Waray-Waray: Alejandro Piedmontese: Lissànder Rhaeto-Romance: Friulian: Lissandri Sardinian: Lisandru Sicilian: Lisciànniru Venetan: Lisandru → Albanian: Aleksandër → Alemannic German: Alexander ⇒ Alemannic German: Xandi → Aromanian: Alexandru → Basque: Alesander → Bengali: আলেকজান্ডার (alekojanḍar) → Dutch: Alexander Afrikaans: Alexander → English: Alexander Jamaican Creole: Aligzanda → Chinese: Cantonese: 亞歷山大 / 亚历山大 (aa3 lik6 saan1 daai6) Mandarin: 亞歷山大 / 亚历山大 (Yàlìshāndà) Eastern Min: 亞歷山大 / 亚历山大 (Ā-lĭk-săng-dâi) → Vietnamese: A Lịch Sơn → Hawaiian: Alekanekelo → Estonian: Aleksander → Faroese: Aleksandur, Alexandur → Finnish: Aleksanteri → German: Alexander → Hebrew: אלכסנדר (aleksánder) → Hungarian: Alexander ⇒ Hungarian: Sándor → Icelandic: Alexander → Korean: 알렉산더 (Alleksandeo) → Latvian: Aleksandrs → Limburgish: Alexander → Lithuanian: Aleksándras → Livvi: Aleksanderi → Low German: Alexander → North Frisian: Alexander → Norwegian: Alexander, Aleksander → Old Danish: Alexander Danish: Aleksander, Alexander → Greenlandic: Alegsantere, Alassanteri, Aleksantare, Alexandari → Old Irish: AlaxanderIrish: AlastarManx: AlistairScottish Gaelic: Alasdair, Alastair→ English: Alastair, Alistair, Allistair, Allistaire, Allister, Alastor→ Scots: Alistair → Old Swedish: Alesant, Alefant, Alexander, Alesantar, Alinsant, Alinsanter, Allexander, Allexandher, Halsand Swedish: Alexander, Aleksander → Polish: Aleksander → Romanian: Alexandru → Samogitian: Aleksėndra → Scots: Elshinder, Elshinner → Silesian: Aleksander → Slovene: Aleksander → Saterland Frisian: Alexander → Swedish: Alexander → Thai: อเล็กซานเดอร์ (alèksaanáde) → Uzbek: Aleksandr → Veps: Alexandr → Võro: Aleksandri → Welsh: Alecsander → West Frisian: Aleksander → Yiddish: אַלעקסאַנדער (aleksander) → Zealandic: Alexander → Zhuang: Ahlijsanda === References === “Alexander”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press == Norwegian == === Alternative forms === Aleksander === Proper noun === Alexander a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander ==== Related terms ==== (male given names:) Sander (female names:) Alexandra, Sandra === References === [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 615 males with the given name Alexander living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011. == Old English == === Etymology === From Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) === Proper noun === Alexander m Alexander the Great late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Alexander. Doublet of Alexandre and Alessandro. === Proper noun === Alexander m a male given name == Scots == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈalɛksandər] === Proper noun === Alexander a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander ==== Derived terms ==== (diminutive) Aleck, Eck, Eckie, Sandy, Saundy, Sawnie, Sawney, Sanders, Saunders, Sannock, Sannag, Sannagie === See also === Elshinder Elshinner Alistair == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈaleksander] Homophone: alexander === Proper noun === Alexander m pers (diminutive Alinko or Šaňko) a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Alexander”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Alexander. Doublet of Alejandro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aleɡˈsandeɾ/ [a.leɣ̞ˈsãn̪.d̪eɾ] Rhymes: -andeɾ Syllabification: A‧le‧xan‧der IPA(key): /alɪɡˈseəndɚ/ [alɪɣ̞ˈseən̪d̪ɚ] Rhymes: -eəndɚ IPA(key): /ˈælɪɡseəndɚ/ [ˈælɪɣ̞seən̪d̪ɚ] Rhymes: -eəndɚ === Proper noun === Alexander m a male given name == Swedish == === Etymology === Equivalent to English Alexander. First recorded in Sweden (Scania) in 1201. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Alexander c (genitive Alexanders) a male given name ==== Related terms ==== (male given names) Alex (female names) Alexandra, Sandra (surnames) Alexandersson === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 70 150 males with the given name Alexander living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.