Alyxander
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- al-ig-ZAN-der
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Alyxander is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Alyxander mean?
Greek: respelling of Alexander
“defender of men”
Modern spelling of Alexander, the name of Alexander the Great of Macedon.
Is Alyxander a girl's or a boy's name?
Alyxander is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alyxander in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Alyxander, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Alyxander in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 87 boys in the US were given Alyxander or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,611, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
- Alexzander 68
- Alixander 7
- Alyxander 6
- Alexxander 6
Alyxander in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
Nicknames for Alyxander
Names like Alyxander
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alexander, Xander, Ander, Archer, Asher, Aleksander, Alessandro, Evander, Ares, Alister, Oliver, Adler
Other spellings of Alyxander
Names related to Alyxander
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Alyxander: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alyxander, updated 20 October 2026.