Alexander

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Al‧ex‧an‧der
  • Rhymes: -ɑːndə(ɹ), -ændə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Alexander

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great.
    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
      Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping a bung-hole?
    • 1765 Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy, Book IV, Chapter 18:
      And for my own part, said my uncle Toby, though I should blush to boast of myself, Trim - yet had my name been Alexander, I could have done no more at Namur than my duty.
    • 1985 Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, →ISBN, page 170:
      "My son's name is Alexander," Muriel said. "Did I tell you that? I named him Alexander because it sounded high-class.
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  3. A place in the United States.
    1. A city in Arkansas.
    2. A city in Iowa.
    3. A city in Kansas; named for early settler Alexander Harvey.
    4. A city in North Dakota; named for early North Dakota politician Alexander McKenzie.
    5. A town in Maine; named for British politician and financier Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton.
    6. A town and village New York; named for early settler Alexander Rea.
    7. An unincorporated community in Georgia; named for early settler Hugh Alexander.
    8. An unincorporated community in West Virginia; named for local lumber businessman John M. Alexander.
  4. A community of Manitoba, Canada; named for early settler Alexander Speers.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Alexander (plural Alexanders)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of alexander

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Alexander, borrowed from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Proper noun

Alexander

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek.

Danish

Proper noun

Alexander

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˌalɛˈksandɐ]
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Hyphenation: A‧le‧xan‧der

Proper noun

Alexander

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander.

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒlɛksɒndɛr]
  • Hyphenation: Ale‧xan‧der

Proper noun

Alexander

  1. a male given name.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Alexander Alexanderek
accusative Alexandert Alexandereket
dative Alexandernek Alexandereknek
instrumental Alexanderrel Alexanderekkel
causal-final Alexanderért Alexanderekért
translative Alexanderré Alexanderekké
terminative Alexanderig Alexanderekig
essive-formal Alexanderként Alexanderekként
essive-modal — —
inessive Alexanderben Alexanderekben
superessive Alexanderen Alexandereken
adessive Alexandernél Alexandereknél
illative Alexanderbe Alexanderekbe
sublative Alexanderre Alexanderekre
allative Alexanderhez Alexanderekhez
elative Alexanderből Alexanderekből
delative Alexanderről Alexanderekről
ablative Alexandertől Alexanderektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		Alexanderé Alexandereké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		Alexanderéi Alexanderekéi
Possessive forms of Alexander
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Alexanderem Alexandereim
2nd person sing. Alexandered Alexandereid
3rd person sing. Alexandere Alexanderei
1st person plural Alexanderünk Alexandereink
2nd person plural Alexanderetek Alexandereitek
3rd person plural Alexanderük Alexandereik

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːlɛksantɛ(ː)r/

Proper noun

Alexander m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander.

Declension

declension of Alexander
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Alexander Alexanderinn Alexanderar Alexanderarnir
accusative Alexander Alexanderinn Alexandera Alexanderana
dative Alexander Alexandernum Alexanderum Alexanderunum
genitive Alexanders Alexandersins Alexandera Alexanderanna

Latin

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Alexander m (genitive Alexandrī); second declension

  1. A masculine praenomen.

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Alexander Alexandrī
Genitive Alexandrī Alexandrōrum
Dative Alexandrō Alexandrīs
Accusative Alexandrum Alexandrōs
Ablative Alexandrō Alexandrīs
Vocative Alexander Alexandrī

Descendants

References

Norwegian

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Alexander

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander.

References

  • [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 615 males with the given name Alexander living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Scots

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Alexander

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander.

Derived terms

See also

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Alexander m (genitive singular Alexandra, nominative plural Alexandrovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander.

Declension

Declension of Alexander
singular plural
nominative Alexander Alexandrovia
genitive Alexandra Alexandrov
dative Alexandrovi Alexandrom
accusative Alexandra Alexandrov
locative Alexandrovi Alexandroch
instrumental Alexandrom Alexandrami

Further reading

  • “Alexander”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Etymology

Equivalent to English Alexander. First recorded in Sweden (Scania) in 1201.

Proper noun

Alexander c (genitive Alexanders)

  1. a male given name.

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 70 150 males with the given name Alexander living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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