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Alexander (Template:Langx) is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksander, Aleksandr, and Alekzandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexsander, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa, Aleksandre, Alejandro, Alessandro, Alasdair, Sasha, Sandy, Sandro, Sikandar, Skander, Sander and Xander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha.

EtymologyEdit

The name Alexander originates from the Template:Langx ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; 'defending men'<ref>Template:LSJ.</ref> or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; 'to ward off, avert, defend')<ref>Template:LSJ.</ref> and the noun {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, genitive: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; meaning 'man').<ref>Template:LSJ.</ref>

The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script.<ref>Template:Multiref2</ref> Alaksandu, alternatively called Alakasandu or Alaksandus, was a king of Wilusa who sealed a treaty with the Hittite king Muwatalli II c. 1280 BC; this is generally assumed to have been a Greek called Alexandros.

The name was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". In the Iliad, the character Paris is also known as Alexander.<ref>Ἀλέξανδρος, Georg Autenrieth, A Homeric Dictionary, on the Perseus Digital Library.</ref> The name's popularity was spread throughout the Greek world by the military conquests of Alexander the Great. Most later Alexanders in various countries were directly or indirectly named after him.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

People known as AlexanderEdit

Alexander has been the name of many rulers, including kings of Macedon, of Scotland, emperors of Russia and popes.

Rulers of antiquityEdit

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AntiquityEdit

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People with the given nameEdit

People with the given name Alexander or variants include:

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