Alexandr

Where Alexandr comes from

Alexandr hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1987
    First appearance
    #6,951 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Peak, #3,618
    15 babies named Alexandr — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1990
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1990
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #7,178.
  5. 1992
    Alexandr Zaichikov born
    Kazakh weightlifter
  6. 2003
    Alexandr Sojka born
    footballer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Alexandr Sojka · footballer, born 2003
  • Alexandr Zaichikov · Kazakh weightlifter, born 1992
  • Alexandr Fier · Brazilian chess player, born 1988
  • Alexandr Vondra · Czech diplomat and politician, born 1961
  • Alexandr Alexandrovich Fischer von Waldheim · botanist, 1839–1920

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.