Alexander

A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great.

Proper noun

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great.
    • Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping a bung-hole? - c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William...
    • 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. - 1765, Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, Book...
    • "My son's name is Alexander," Muriel said. "Did I tell you that? I named him Alexander because it sounded high-class. - 1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, →ISBN, page 170:
  2. A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic, anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair (“son of Alexander”).
    • Yiannopoulos started releasing video interviews and other evidence meant to prove that [Ali] Alexander sexually propositioned both adult men in their 20s and at least two teenagers. - 2023 April 17, Will Sommer, “‘Stop...
  3. A place in the United States:

    1. A city in Pulaski County and Saline County, Arkansas.

    2. An unincorporated community in Burke County, Georgia; named for early settler Hugh Alexander.

    3. A minor city in Franklin County, Iowa.

    4. A minor city in Rush County, Kansas; named for early settler Alexander Harvey.

    5. A town in Washington County, Maine; named for British politician and financier Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton.

    6. A town and village therein, in Genesee County, New York; named for early settler Alexander Rea.

    7. A minor city in McKenzie County, North Dakota; named for early North Dakota politician Alexander McKenzie.

    8. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia; named for local lumber businessman John M. Alexander.

  4. A rural municipality in eastern Manitoba, Canada.
  5. A community in the Rural Municipality of Whitehead, Manitoba, Canada; named for early settler Alexander Speers.

Origin

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.

Forms

Alexanders

Related

Alexandra and its variants shorter forms such as Alex Sandy Xander

Derived

Al Alec Aleck Alevism Alex Alexander Archipelago Alexander Archipelago wolf Alexander beetle Alexander County Alexander Hamilton Alexander horned ball Alexander horned sphere Alexander I Island Alexander Island Alexandrian alexandrine Alexandrine Alexandroid Alistair Gates of Alexander Lex Mount Alexander Sandro Sandy

Noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of alexander.

Forms

Alexanders