Alexander

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.lɨɡˈzæn.dɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.lɨɡˈzɑːn.də/
• (æ-tensing, rhotic) IPA^(key): [ˌæ.lɨɡˈzeən.dɚ]
• (æ-tensing, non-rhotic) IPA^(key): [ˌæ.lɨɡˈzeən.də]
• Hyphenation: Al‧ex‧an‧der

Proper noun

Alexander

1. A male given name., most famously held by Alexander the Great.
   • c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):
     : Act V, Scene I:

     Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping a bung-hole?

   • 1765 Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy, Book IV, Chapter 18:

     And for my own part, said my uncle Toby, though I should blush to boast of myself, Trim - yet had my name been Alexander, I could have done no more at Namur than my duty.

   • 1985 Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, →ISBN, page 170:

     "My son's name is Alexander," Muriel said. "Did I tell you that? I named him Alexander because it sounded high-class.

2. A patronymic surname​.

Noun

Alexander (plural Alexanders)

1. Alternative letter-case form of alexander

Etymology

From English Alexander, borrowed from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Proper noun

Alexander

1. a male given name.

Proper noun

Alexander

1. A male given name., cognate to English Alexander.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌalɛˈksandɐ]

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• Hyphenation: A‧le‧xan‧der

Proper noun

Alexander

1. A male given name., cognate to English Alexander.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlɛksɒndɛr]
• Hyphenation: Ale‧xan‧der

Proper noun

Alexander

1. A male given name..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːlɛksantɛ(ː)r/

Proper noun

Alexander m

1. A male given name., cognate to English Alexander.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.lekˈsan.der/, [a.ɫɛkˈsan.dɛr]

Proper noun

Alexander m (genitive Alexandrī); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen.

References

• Alexander in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Alternative forms

• Aleksander

Proper noun

Alexander

1. A male given name., cognate to English Alexander.

References

• 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalɛksandər]

Proper noun

Alexander

1. A male given name.

See also

• Elshinder
• Elshinner
• Alistair

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalɛksandɛr/

Proper noun

Alexander m (genitive Alexandra, nominative plural Alexandrovia) declension pattern chlap

1. A male given name..

Further reading

• Alexander in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Etymology

Cognate with English Alexander. First recorded in Sweden (Scania) in 1201.

Proper noun

Alexander c (genitive Alexanders)

1. A male given name..

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• 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.