What does the name Alexander mean?

Q: What does the name Alexander mean?

Alexander means "From Ancient Greek Aléxandros — 'to defend' + 'man' — traditionally 'defender of man'". It is a boy's name of Greek origin.

Alexander

Alexander means From Ancient Greek Aléxandros — 'to defend' + 'man' — traditionally 'defender of man'.

Gender	boy
Origin	Greek
Language	English
Starts with	A

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “From Ancient Greek Aléxandros — 'to defend' + 'man' — traditionally 'defender of man'”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Lucas — From Ancient Greek Loukâs, via Latin Lucas
William — Will, desire + helmet, protection — traditionally 'resolute protector'
Kiaan — Ancient, king
Kian — King, ancient, grace of God
Kiyana — Ancient, time, God
Vaishali — Of ancient city Vaishali, prosperous

Where this comes from

Alexander has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.