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Alecsander

Boy · al-ek-SAN-der · Greek

Alecsander is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Alecsander mean?

Greek: variant of Alexander

“defender of men”

Respelling of Alexander, the name of Alexander the Great, king of Macedon.

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al-ek-SAN-der

Is Alecsander a girl's or a boy's name?

Alecsander is a boys' name.

How popular is Alecsander in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.

Half of all the boys named Alecsander in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.

1990Busiest: 26 in 19972019
Alecsander in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20195#12,138
20180–
20170–
20160–
20155#12,080
20140–
20130–
20126#10,763
20115#12,280
20100–
20090–
20080–
20077#9,782
20065#12,048
200512#6,220
20046#9,941
200310#6,708
200210#6,515
200113#5,383
200021#3,758
199919#3,829
199815#4,409
199726#2,899
199624#3,016
199517#3,687
199419#3,463
19937#6,809
19928#6,120
19910–
19905#8,108

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