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Alexander (Greek: แผλฮญξανδρος) is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. [1] Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksander, Aleksandr, and Alekzandr.
Sasha is a name which originated among Slavic peoples from Eastern and Southern Europe [citation needed] as the shortened version of Alexander and Alexandra.It is also used as a surname, although very rarely.
The earliest attested form of the name is the Mycenaean Greek ๐๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ ๐จ (a-re-ka-sa-da-ra or / aleksandra /), written in the Linear B syllabic script. [5] Alexandra and its masculine equivalent, Alexander, are both common names in Greece as well as countries where Germanic, Romance, and Slavic languages are spoken.
Bearing no suffix, it is produced suppletively and always has the declension noun ending for both males and females, thus making short forms of certain unisex names indistinguishable: for example, Sasha (Russian: ะกะฐัะฐ) is the short name for both the masculine name Aleksandr (Alexander) and the feminine form Aleksandra (Alexandra).
Xander is an abbreviated form of the name Alexander and pronounced like "Zander". Alexander is the Latin form of the Greek name "Alexandros". The name's meaning is interpreted from "alexein" which means "to defend" plus "andros" which translates to "man, warrior" in a relationship or possessive form. Hence the meaning: defender of man. [1]
Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander. [ 1 ] Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander ( Czech , Polish ), Alexandre ( French ), Alexandros ( Greek ), Alsander ( Irish ), Alessandro ( Italian ), Aleksandr ( Russian ), and Alasdair ( Gaelic ).
Alexandre is the French, Portuguese, Catalan and Galician form of the masculine given name Alexander. Alexander means 'warrior' or 'defender of mankind'. Notable people with the name include: Prince Alexandre of Belgium (1942–2009) Alexandre, Chevalier de Chaumont (1640–1710), French ambassador
Alistair is a male given name. It is an anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic Alasdair.The latter is most likely a Scottish Gaelic variant of the Norman French Alexandre or Latin Alexander, which was incorporated into English in the same form as Alexander.