Alexandre - Meaning of Alexandre

What does Alexandre mean?

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Alexandre

[ 3 syll. a-le-xan-dre, al-exand-re ] The baby boy name Alexandre is sometimes used as a girl name. It is pronounced in French as ae-LehK-SAONDR or in Galician as ae-Leh-SHAEN-DReh †. Alexandre is largely used in the Catalan, English, French, Galician, Hungarian, and Portuguese languages, and it is derived from Old Greek origins. Alexandre is a variant of the name Alexander (Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic).

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Alexandre is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 2003 with 0.008% of baby boys being given the name Alexandre. It ranked at #940 then. The baby name has since declined in popularity, and is now of irregular use. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Alexandre, Alexander was the most popular in 2018. Alexandre has in the past century been mostly given to baby boys.

Baby names that sound like Alexandre include Alcandor, Alsandair, Alsandare, Alsander, Alecander, Alecsander, Aleczander, Aleksandar, Aleksander, Aleksandr, Aleksandro, Aleksandur, Alekzander, Alesander, Alesandro, Alessander, Alessandri, Alessandro, Alexander, and Alexandr.

† Pronunciation for Alexandre: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)"

A famous person named Alexandre is Author, Alexandre (the Elder) Dumas, born 24 July 1802 - 5 December 1870, Villers-Cotterets, France.