Alexander

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Latin form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros)

First element (Αλεξ-):

Greek αλεξω (alexo) = 'to defend, help'

Last element (-ανδρος):

Greek ανηρ (anér), genitive ανδρος (andros) = 'man'

[1] [2]

Related Names

     
Aleksander ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian
Aleksandur ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Aleksanteri ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Alesant ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Swedish
Alexander ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish

See also
Female forms: Alexandra
Short and pet forms: Aku, Aksu, Alek, Alex, Ali, Alla, Lex, Sake, Salttu, Sampsa, Sander, Sante, Sasa, Sasja

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

18 March

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

11 September

Sweden Sweden

12 December

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Alexander
Accusative: Alexander
Dative: Alexander
Genitive: Alexanders

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Denmark: 1201 (in Skåne, now part of Sweden) [2]
Sweden: 1286 [2]

Namesakes

Alexander Skarsgård - Swedish actor (* 25th August 1976)

Hans Kongelige Højhed Prins Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander til Danmark, Greve af Monpezat (His Royal Highness Prince of Denmark, Count of Monpezat), * 8th January 2011

Fanny och Alexander - film directed by Ingmar Bergman (1982)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 3 11 32285 70150
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 11036 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 0 8070 9615
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png n.a. 4 n.a 14637
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][4][5][6]:Name statistics for Alexander(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Alexander(m)


Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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