Alessandro

Where Alessandro comes from

Borrowed from Italian Alessandro.
— Wiktionary's entry for Alessandro
  • Italian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1745
    Alessandro Volta born
    Italian chemist and physicist
  2. 1785
    Alessandro Manzoni born
    Italian writer and poet
  3. 1933
    First appearance
    #3,642 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2025
    Peak, #497
    608 babies named Alessandro — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Alexander.
Namesakes
  • Alessandro Volta · Italian chemist and physicist, 1745–1827
  • Alessandro Manzoni · Italian writer and poet, 1785–1873
  • Alessandro Del Piero · Italian association football player, born 1974
  • Alessandro Nesta · Italian association football player and manager, born 1976
  • Alessandro Scarlatti · Italian composer, 1660–1725

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.