Alexander is a boy's name of German origin meaning “defender of man.” In 2024 it was given to 7,517 boys in the United States.
Alexander belongs to the German and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “defender of man” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Alexander first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4 in 2009, and in 2024 7,517 babies received the name — 728,817 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Alexander means “defender of man” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Alexander is a boy name. In 2024, 7,517 babies received the name in the US.
Alexander comes from the German, English & American, Irish & Celtic and Scandinavian tradition.
Alexander first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #4 in 2009, and 7,517 babies were given the name in 2024.
Alexander is pronounced /ˌælɪɡˈzændɚ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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