Oleksandr
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oh-lek-SANDR
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Oleksandr is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Oleksandr mean?
Greek: Ukrainian form of Alexander
“defender of men”
Ukrainian form of Alexander, from the Greek Alexandros, 'defender of men'.
Is Oleksandr a girl's or a boy's name?
Oleksandr is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oleksandr in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Oleksandr, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 16 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Oleksandr in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Oleksandr in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Oleksandr, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Oleksandr in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oleksandr in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
Nicknames for Oleksandr
- Sasha 36 girls in the UK in 2025
- Oles
Names like Oleksandr
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Omar Luca Theodore Nico Atlas Otis Zaviyar Oakley Lorenzo Otto River Elias
Names related to Oleksandr
More Greek names
Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Oleksandr: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oleksandr, updated 20 October 2026.