Alexander

a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander

Alexander (nominative singular)
Alexanderové (nominative plural)
Alexandrové (nominative plural)
Alexandera (genitive singular)
Alexandra (genitive singular)
Alexanderů (genitive plural)
Alexandrů (genitive plural)
Alexanderovi (dative singular)
Alexanderu (dative singular)
Alexandrovi (dative singular)
Alexandru (dative singular)
Alexanderům (dative plural)
Alexandrům (dative plural)
Alexandera (accusative singular)
Alexandra (accusative singular)
Alexandery (accusative plural)
Alexandry (accusative plural)
Alexandere (singular vocative)
Alexandře (singular vocative)
Alexanderové (plural vocative)
Alexandrové (plural vocative)
Alexanderovi (locative singular)
Alexanderu (locative singular)
Alexandrovi (locative singular)
Alexandru (locative singular)
Alexanderech (locative plural)
Alexandrech (locative plural)
Alexanderem (instrumental singular)
Alexandrem (instrumental singular)
Alexandery (instrumental plural)
Alexandry (instrumental plural)


Alexander

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander

From Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).


Alexander

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 Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

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 IV, Chapter 18:

"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:

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

A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic, anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair (“son of Alexander”).

A place in the United States:
A city in Arkansas.

An unincorporated community in Georgia; named for early settler Hugh Alexander.

A place in the United States:
A city in Iowa.

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

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

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

A city in North Dakota; named for early North Dakota politician Alexander McKenzie.

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

A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.

A community of Manitoba, Canada; named for early settler Alexander Speers.

/ˌælɪɡˈzændɚ/

[ˌælɪɡˈzeəndɚ]

[ˌælɪɡˈzeəndə]

/ˌalɪɡˈzɑːndə/

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


Alexander

Alternative letter-case form of alexander

/ˌælɪɡˈzændɚ/

[ˌælɪɡˈzeəndɚ]

[ˌælɪɡˈzeəndə]

/ˌalɪɡˈzɑːndə/


Alexander

a male given name, feminine equivalent Alexandra or Sandra, equivalent to English Alexander; diminutive forms Alex, Sandro, Sascha


Alexander

Alexander (nominative singular)
Alexanderek (nominative plural)
Alexandert (accusative singular)
Alexandereket (accusative plural)
Alexandernek (dative singular)
Alexandereknek (dative plural)
Alexanderrel (instrumental singular)
Alexanderekkel (instrumental plural)
Alexanderért (causal-final singular)
Alexanderekért (causal-final plural)
Alexanderré (singular translative)
Alexanderekké (plural translative)
Alexanderig (singular terminative)
Alexanderekig (plural terminative)
Alexanderként (essive-formal singular)
Alexanderekként (essive-formal plural)
Alexanderben (inessive singular)
Alexanderekben (inessive plural)
Alexanderen (singular superessive)
Alexandereken (plural superessive)
Alexandernél (adessive singular)
Alexandereknél (adessive plural)
Alexanderbe (illative singular)
Alexanderekbe (illative plural)
Alexanderre (singular sublative)
Alexanderekre (plural sublative)
Alexanderhez (allative singular)
Alexanderekhez (allative plural)
Alexanderből (elative singular)
Alexanderekből (elative plural)
Alexanderről (delative singular)
Alexanderekről (delative plural)
Alexandertől (ablative singular)
Alexanderektől (ablative plural)
Alexanderé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Alexandereké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
Alexanderéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Alexanderekéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
Alexanderem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Alexandereim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Alexandered (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Alexandereid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Alexandere (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Alexanderei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Alexanderünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Alexandereink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Alexanderetek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Alexandereitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Alexanderük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Alexandereik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


Alexander

Alexander (indefinite nominative singular)
Alexanderinn (definite nominative singular)
Alexanderar (indefinite nominative plural)
Alexanderarnir (definite nominative plural)
Alexander (accusative indefinite singular)
Alexanderinn (accusative definite singular)
Alexandera (accusative indefinite plural)
Alexanderana (accusative definite plural)
Alexander (dative indefinite singular)
Alexandernum (dative definite singular)
Alexanderum (dative indefinite plural)
Alexanderunum (dative definite plural)
Alexanders (genitive indefinite singular)
Alexandersins (definite genitive singular)
Alexandera (genitive indefinite plural)
Alexanderanna (definite genitive plural)


Alexander

la-proper noun

Alexander m (genitive Alexandrī); second declension

Alexandrī (genitive)
Alexander (nominative singular)
Alexandrī (nominative plural)
Alexandrī (genitive singular)
Alexandrōrum (genitive plural)
Alexandrō (dative singular)
Alexandrīs (dative plural)
Alexandrum (accusative singular)
Alexandrōs (accusative plural)
Alexandrō (ablative singular)
Alexandrīs (ablative plural)
Alexander (singular vocative)
Alexandrī (plural vocative)

Corsican: Lisandru

Emilian: Alessander

⇒ Emilian: Alesànder

Italian: Alessandro

Sicilian: Alissantru

Ligurian: Lusciandro

Lombard: Lissander

Navarro-Aragonese:

→ Asturian: Aleixandre

Neapolitan: Alessandro

desctree

Old French: Alixandre
French: Alexandre
→ Breton: Aleksandr, Alesant
Norman: Alexandre

Old Leonese:

Asturian: Xandru, Alexandru

Extremaduran: Alejandru

Mirandese: Alxandre

Old Occitan:

Catalan: Alexandre

Occitan: Alexandre

Old Galician-Portuguese: Alexandre
Galician: Alexandre
Portuguese: Alexandre
→ Vietnamese: Alexanđê

Old Spanish:

Ladino: Aleksandro

Spanish: Alejandro
→ Basque: Alexandro
→ Cebuano: Alejandro
→ English: Alejandro
→ Ilocano: Alehandro
→ Tagalog: Alejandro
→ Waray-Waray: Alejandro

Piedmontese: Lissànder

Rhaeto-Romance:

Friulian: Lissandri

Sardinian: Lisandru

Sicilian: Lisciànniru

Venetian: Lisandru

→ Albanian: Aleksandër

→ Alemannic German: Alexander

⇒ Alemannic German: Xandi

→ Aromanian: Alexandru

→ Basque: Alesander

→ Bengali: আলেকজান্ডার (alekojanḍar)

→ Dutch: Alexander

Afrikaans: Alexander

→ English: Alexander

Jamaican Creole: Aligzanda

→ Chinese:

desc

Cantonese: 亞歷山大／亚历山大 (aa³ lik⁶ saan¹ daai⁶)

Mandarin: 亞歷山大／亚历山大 (Yàlìshāndà)

Eastern Min: 亞歷山大／亚历山大 (Ā-lĭk-săng-dâi)

→ Hawaiian: Alekanekelo

→ Estonian: Aleksander

→ Faroese: Aleksandur, Alexandur

→ Finnish: Aleksanteri

→ German: Alexander

→ Hebrew: אלכסנדר (aleksánder)

→ Hungarian: Alexander

⇒ Hungarian: Sándor

→ Icelandic: Alexander

→ Korean: 알렉산더 (Alleksandeo)

→ Latvian: Aleksandrs

→ Limburgish: Alexander

→ Lithuanian: Aleksándras

→ Livvi: Aleksanderi

→ Low German: Alexander

→ North Frisian: Alexander

→ Norwegian: Alexander, Aleksander

→ Old Danish: Alexander

Danish: Aleksander, Alexander

→ Greenlandic: Alegsantere, Alassanteri, Aleksantare, Alexandari

desctree

→ Old Irish: Alaxander
Irish: Alastar
Manx: Alistair, Alister, Ollister
Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair, Alastair
→ English: Alastair, Alistair, Allistair, Allistaire, Allister, Alastor
→ Scots: Alistair

desc

→ Old Swedish: Alesant, Alefant, Alexander, Alesantar, Alinsant, Alinsanter, Allexander, Allexandher, Halsand

Swedish: Alexander, Aleksander

→ Polish: Aleksander

→ Romanian: Alexandru

→ Samogitian: Aleksėndra

→ Scots: Elshinder, Elshinner

→ Silesian: Aleksander

→ Slovene: Aleksander

→ Saterland Frisian: Alexander

→ Swedish: Alexander

อเล็กซานเดอร์

→ Thai: อเล็กซานเดอร์ (alèksaanáde)

→ Thai: อเล็กซานเดอร์ (alèksaanáde)

→ Uzbek: Aleksandr

→ Veps: Alexandr

→ Võro: Aleksandri

→ Welsh: Alecsander

→ West Frisian: Aleksander

אַלעקסאַנדער

→ Yiddish: אַלעקסאַנדער (aleksander)

→ Zealandic: Alexander

→ Zhuang: Ahlijsanda

[äɫ̪ɛkˈs̠än̪d̪ɛr]

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

af

genitive of <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ἀνήρ</i> (anḗr, “man”)


Alexander

late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
On þǣm dagum wæs Alexander ġeboren on Crēcum swa swa ān miċel ȳst cōme ofer ealne middenġeard.

In those days Alexander was born in Greece, like a great storm coming over all the Earth.

Alexander (nominative singular)
Alexander (accusative singular)
Alexandres (genitive singular)
Alexandre (dative singular)

From Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros)


Alexander

Unadapted borrowing from English Alexander. Doublet of Alexandre and Alessandro.


Alexander

sk-proper noun

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

Alexandra (genitive singular)
Alexandrovia (nominative plural)
chlap (declension-pattern-of)
Alexander (nominative singular)
Alexandrovia (nominative plural)
Alexandra (genitive singular)
Alexandrov (genitive plural)
Alexandrovi (dative singular)
Alexandrom (dative plural)
Alexandra (accusative singular)
Alexandrov (accusative plural)
Alexandrovi (locative singular)
Alexandroch (locative plural)
Alexandrom (instrumental singular)
Alexandrami (instrumental plural)


Alexander

[alɪɣ̞ˈseən̪d̪ɚ]

[ˈælɪɣ̞seən̪d̪ɚ]

Unadapted borrowing from English Alexander. Doublet of Alejandro.


Alexander

Equivalent to English Alexander. First recorded in Sweden (Scania) in 1201.