Alejandro

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.

• Spanish:/a.leˈxãn̪.d̪ɾo/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Alejandro, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Javier
• Diego
• Fernando
• Santiago
• Miguel

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Alejandro is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name32 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Australia, Philippines

  Languages: English, Dutch, Danish

  Also written Älëjändrö, Alejandro', A̶l̶e̶j̶a̶n̶d̶r̶o̶, Ãľęjâńďřő, 'Alejandro

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Alejándro

• Lao given name50 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Chile, Peru

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Älëjändrö, 'Alejandro, A'Lejandro, Áléjándró, อเลฮานโดร

• German given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Spain, Peru

  Also written Alejándro, Áléjándró

• Russian given name18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Peru, Russia

  Languages: Russian, Polish, Ukrainian

  Also written Алехандро, Alekhandro, Alehandro, Älêjändrô, Aléjàndro

• Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, Spain, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Älëjändrö, Alëjåndrô

81 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.

Alejandro is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Alejandro är en spansk form av → Alexander. Alejandra är motsvarande femininform.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In French, Variante espagnole d’Alexandre, du grec Alexandros, « qui protège les hommes ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In English, A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Alexander.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Spanish form of ALEXANDER .

  as a word

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.

• Fidel Castrob. 1926CUnot in their usual nameCuban politician, author and revolutionary (1926–2016)
• Javier Mascheranob. 1984ARnot in their usual nameArgentine association football player and manager
• Alexis Sánchezb. 1988CLnot in their usual nameChilean footballer (born 1988)

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).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

106 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 51 countries.

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

What are other forms of the name Alejandro?

In the etymology graph, Alexander, Alexandre and Oleksandr are forms of the same name in other languages; Ale is a recorded short or pet form.

What does the name Alejandro mean, and where does it come from?

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

Which countries have the most people named Alejandro?

Mondonomo estimates about 814 thousand people named Alejandro in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled alejandro. After it come Spain, Colombia, Argentina and United States; the country table on this page ranks them.

Is Alejandro a male or female name?

Alejandro is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Spain (INE), United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Peru (RENIEC, 2019) and Ecuador (INEC, 2024), among others.

How do you pronounce Alejandro?

In Spanish /a.leˈxãn̪.d̪ɾo/ (Wiktionary).

How common is the name Alejandro?

In Spain, the national register counted 273,491 people named Alejandro, about 1 in 183 residents.

How common is Alejandro compared with other names?

In Mexico, Alejandro is the 17th most common given name of 193,485 given names recorded there.