Alexandre

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Alexandre is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the most common given name. Recorded meaning: A male given name from French or Portuguese, equivalent to English Alexander.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 274(inferred from the name graph)
  • BRBrazil1 in 501
  • RURussia≈1 in 26as Александр

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Alexandre itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Russia (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,500,000 named Александр, est.

#4 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

8 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
633 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 274 (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

АлександрCyrillic(measured from records)
AlexanderLatin(measured from records)
אלכסנדרHebrew(measured from records)
ΑλεξανδροςGreek(measured from records)
ԱլեքսանդրArmenian(measured from records)
ალექსანდრეGeorgian(measured from records)
알렉산더Hangul(measured from records)
อเลกซานเดอรThai(measured from records)

5 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Александр in RU Russia, BY Belarus, CN China, Олександр in UA Ukraine, Alexander in US United States and Alexandr in MD Moldova.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A male given name from French or Portuguese, equivalent to English Alexander.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Alexandre counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Alexandre is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia#1≈5,500,000 est.≈1 in 26#1Александр308
UA Ukraine#1≈1,700,000 est.≈1 in 26listedОлександр205
US United States#171556,757as Alexander1 in 597554KAlexander633
CN China—≈430,000 est.≈1 in 3.3K—Александр82
BR Brazil#40422,7221 in 501444KAlexandre281
FR France—≈250,000 est.≈1 in 274305KAlexandre146
BY Belarus#2≈200,000 est.≈1 in 48110Александр101
MD Moldova#658,511as Alexandru1 in 5859KAlexandr64
LV Latvia#431,483as Aleksandrs1 in 6031Kאלכסנדר67

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Universal Dependencies Belarusian-HSE Corpus — Person Names (UD_Belarusian-HSE); e-services.md — living population register; PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Alexandre is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Canada, Belgium, United States

    Also written Aléxandre, Alexandré, Alex-Andre, Alex'Andre, Alexàndre

  • English given name26 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada, Australia, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Alexandré, Alexandre', Alex-Andre, Alexandrë, Alexandrè

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Aléxandre, Alex-Andre, Alexandré

  • Catalan given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Andorra, Spain

    Also written Àlexandre

  • Finnish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia, United States, Finland, Switzerland

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Alëxandre

  • Polish given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Alexandré

  • Danish given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Sweden, United States, Norway

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Alexandré, Ãlexåndre, Ãlexaandre

90 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Alexandre is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, Du nom grec Alexandros, de alexein « repousser, défendre, protéger » et andros « homme », donc « défenseur d’hommes ».

    as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

  • In French, Du grec Alexandros, « qui repousse/protège les hommes »; fêté le 22 avril (saint Alexandre).

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  • In French, Du grec, « homme qui repousse »; lié à Alexandros.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In French, Du grec Alexandros, « défenseur des hommes ».

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

17501800185019001950Alexander I of Russia, b. 1777Alexander III of Russia, b. 1845Aleksandr Popov, b. 1859Alexander Scriabin, b. 1872Aleksandr Vasil'evič Kolčak, b. 1874Aleksandr Blok, b. 1880Alexander Friedmann, b. 1888Alexander Alekhine, b. 1892Alexander Pokryshkin, b. 1913Xanana Gusmão, b. 1946

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 109 sources across 55 countries.

Official registers attesting Alexandre
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—444K#91
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022423K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—421K#63
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024305K#91
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20208.2K#2,771
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)20205.3K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—2.1K#63
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020216#2,771
MD Moldovae-services.md — living population register—176#724
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202567—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)200320#1,970
LV LatviaPMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register)—13—

Reference works 9

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Alexandre mean, and where does it come from?
A male given name from French or Portuguese, equivalent to English Alexander. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Alexandre have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.5 million people named Александр in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
Is Alexandre a male or female name?
Alexandre is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Alexandre?
In the etymology graph, Alejandro, Alexander and Oleksandr are forms of the same name in other languages; Xandinho is a recorded short or pet form.
How common is the name Alexandre?
In Brazil, the national register counted 422,722 people named Alexandre in 2022, about 1 in 501 residents.
How common is Alexandre compared with other names?
In Russia, Alexandre is the most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Alexandre” — the most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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