Alesandro
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-le-SAN-droh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Alesandro is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Alesandro mean?
Greek: spelling of Alessandro; Italian form of Alexander
“defender of men”
The Italian form of Alexander; Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), inventor of the battery, gave his name to the volt.
Meaning borrowed from Alessandro. More on Wiktionary.
Is Alesandro a girl's or a boy's name?
Alesandro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alesandro in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Alesandro, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Alesandro in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 617 boys in the US were given Alesandro or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #492, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
- Alessandro 608
- Alesandro 9
Alesandro in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Nicknames for Alesandro
- Sandro 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alesandro
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Santiago, Alejandro, Apollo, Nico, Luca, Diego, Thiago, Ares, Lisandro, Santino, Cristiano, Alexander
Other spellings of Alesandro
Names related to Alesandro
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alesandro: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alesandro, updated 20 October 2026.