Fun Facts About the Name Alexandr
- 794 babies named Alexandr: U.S. records list 794 babies given the name Alexandr from 1880 through 2025. Even 301 girls received the name Alexandr - about 1 girl for every 2 boys.
What Does the Name Alexandr Mean?
Alexandr is the Czech form of Alexander, a name derived from Greek Alexandros. The Greek name combines alexein, "to defend" or "to ward off," with anēr (genitive andros), "man," so its literal sense is "defending men" or "man-defender." The customary English meaning is "defender of men."
Alexandr Name History & Origins
The name goes back to Greek Alexandros, which passed into Latin as Alexander. The Greek form is associated with Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king of the fourth century BCE, and the Latin form was carried through medieval Europe by Christian usage and by several saints named Alexander.
In Czech, the name took the spelling Alexandr, without the second e of the Latin and English forms. It is the standard Czech masculine form and appears in Czech name-day calendars on February 27. The same root also lies behind Russian Aleksandr, Polish Aleksander, and other Slavic forms, but Alexandr itself is the Czech spelling.
How Popular is the Name Alexandr?
Alexandr recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1989. Its best rank was #677 in 1989.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | #677 | 301 | 0.0163% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,825 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #9,910 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #7,783 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #8,194 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #9,605 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #7,668 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #8,181 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #6,069 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #6,363 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #5,298 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2014 | #4,543 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #5,410 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2012 | #5,041 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #4,662 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #4,851 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2009 | #6,106 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #6,406 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #5,001 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #5,080 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #3,714 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2004 | #4,795 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2003 | #5,040 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #5,140 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #5,149 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #7,448 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #5,047 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #4,416 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #6,634 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #4,400 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1995 | #4,798 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #4,100 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1993 | #6,241 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #4,882 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #5,955 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #7,201 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #3,622 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1988 | #6,445 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #6,980 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Alexandr Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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You are very intuitive. You have a reservoir of inspired wisdom combined with inherited analytical ability, which could reward you through expressions of spiritual leadership, business analysis, marketing, artistic visions, and scientific research. Operating on spiritual side of your individuality can bring you to the great heights, and drop you off if you neglect your spiritual identity. You are always looking for an opportunity to investigate the unknown, to use and show your mental abilities, to find the purpose and meaning of life. You want to grow wise and to understand people and things. You need privacy to replenish your energy. You have a unique way of thinking, intuitive, reflective, absorbing.
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