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Alezander

Boy · al-eg-ZAN-der · Greek

Alezander 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 Alezander mean?

Greek: spelling of Alexander

“defender of men”

Alexander comes from Greek alexein 'to defend' and aner 'man'.

Say it
al-eg-ZAN-der

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

Alezander is a boys' name.

How popular is Alezander in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.

Half of all the boys named Alezander in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

1987Busiest: 16 in 20112024
Alezander in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20245#12,341
20236#10,815
20220–
20217#9,709
20206#10,599
201911#7,168
20187#9,664
201712#6,681
201614#6,048
20158#8,739
201412#6,627
201316#5,400
201211#7,044
201116#5,429
201011#7,081
20096#10,989
20080–
20077#9,782
20066#10,655
200510#7,089
20040–
20030–
20020–
20018#7,529
20006#9,104
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19925#8,426
19910–
19900–
19890–
19888#5,194
19875#6,945

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