Alejandro

Where Alejandro comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Alejandro, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, literally “defender of man”), an epithet of the goddess Hera. Doublet of Alexander.
— Wiktionary's entry for Alejandro
  • Spanish
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #936 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1929
    Alejandro Jodorowsky born
    Chilean-French filmmaker and comics writer
  3. 1963
    Alejandro González Iñárritu born
    Mexican film director
  4. 2001
    Peak, #88
    4,557 babies named Alejandro — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #181.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Alexander.
Namesakes
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu · Mexican film director, born 1963
  • Alejandro Jodorowsky · Chilean-French filmmaker and comics writer, born 1929
  • Alejandro Toledo · President of Peru from 2001 to 2006, born 1946
  • Alejandro Balde · Spanish-Dominican association football player, born 2003
  • Alejandro Amenábar · Spanish-Chilean film director, screenwriter and composer, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.