Alejandro - Meaning of Alejandro

What does Alejandro mean?

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Alejandro

[ 4 syll. a-le-jan-dro, al-ejand-ro ] The baby boy name Alejandro is sometimes used as a girl name. It is pronounced as aeLLey-HHAANDRow †. Alejandro is an English and Spanish name of Old Greek origin.

In addition, Alejandro is a variant (English and Spanish) of the name Alexander (Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic).

The name Alejandra (English and Spanish) is the female version of Alejandro.

Alehandro, Alejandra, Alejandrino, Alejo (Spanish), Alexjandro, Aléjo, and Jandro (English and Spanish) are variants of Alejandro.

See also the related categories, english, greek, and spanish.

Alejandro is popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity jumped from the 1910s up to the 2000s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2001 with 0.221% of baby boys being given the name Alejandro. Its ranking then was #87. The baby name has since experienced a loss in popularity. In 2018, its usage was 0.098% and its ranking #208. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Alejandro, Alexander was the most popular. In 2018, its use outnumbered Alejandro's by 6 times. Alejandro has in the past century been predominantly given to baby boys.

A baby name that sounds like Alejandro is the name Alejandra.

† Pronunciation for Alejandro: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)"