Worldwide, اسکندر (Iskandar 
, اسکندر 
, Eskandar 
) is a common principally male, but scarcely female first name. The first name اسکندر is characteristic of Brunei, where it is quite a common masculine name, Indonesia, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but very infrequently girly name, and Georgia, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Algeria. More frequently, اسکندر is the last name as well as the forename.
اسکندر is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
اسکندر is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Aleksandr Koreiko , the fictional character in Ilf and Petrov's novel The Little Golden Calf; Sasha Belyy , character in Shadowboxing; Shura Balaganov , the fictional character in Ilf and Petrov's novel The Little Golden Calf and Aleksandr Leonovitch Granin , the character in Metal Gear.
| اسکندر بیگ ترکمان Iranian historian, IR (b. 1560) |
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| اسکندر میرزا Qajar prince, IR (b. 1811) |
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اسکندر آزموده IR (b. 1912) |
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اسکندر فیروز Iranian botanist (1926-2020), IR (b. 1926) |
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اسکندر فیلابی Iranian wrestler, IR (b. 1944) |
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اسکندر مؤمنی IR (b. 1962) |
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| اسکندر عامری پور Iranian film actor, director, producer, and editor, IR (b. 1937) |
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| اسکندر آبادی IR (b. 1959) |
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| اسکندر شیخی ruler of the Afrasiyab dynasty, IR |
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| اسکندر کوتی IR |
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| اسکندر شورا Iranian boxer, IR |
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