Emri në gjuhën angleze është marrë nga gjuha latine, ‘ALEXANDER’, i cili është emër i romanizuar i emrit grek Αλέξανδρος (Alexandros). Etimologjikisht emri përbehet nga folja ἀλέξειν (alexein) ‘të mbrohesh’ dhe emrit ἀνδρός (andros), rasa gjinore e ἀνήρ (anēr) e emrit "burrë". Kështu afërsisht emri mund të përkthehet ‘njeri mbrojtës’.
Variente te ndryshme te ketij emri tek popujt e ndryshem:
Albanian - Aleks, Sandër, Skender
Amharic - Eskender
Arabic - Iskandar, Skandar, Skender
Belarusian - Аляксандp (Aliaksandr), Алeсь (Ales'), Алелька (Alyel'ka)
Bosnian - Aleksandar, Aco, Saša, Aleksa, Sandro
Bulgarian - Алeксандъp (Aleksander), Сашо (Sasho)
Catalan - Alexandre, Àlex, Xandre
Croatian - Aleksandar, Aco, Acika, Saša, Sale
Danish - Aleksander, Alexander
Dutch - Alexander, Alexandra, Alex, Alexia, Lex, Sander, Sanne, Sandra, Xander, Wander, Aleksander
English - Alexander, Alec, Alex, Lex, Sandy, Andy, Alexis, Alexa, Alexandria, Alexandra, Sandra, Al, Sasha, Ali, Lexxi, Zander, Xander, Sashi, Eck
Estonian - Aleksander, Sander, Alexander (rare)
Finnish - Aleksanteri, Aleksi, Santeri
French - Alexandre, Alexis, Alex
Galician - Alexandre, Álex
German - Alexander (short: Alex, Ali, Akki)
Greek - Αλέξανδρος (Alexandros), Αλέξης/Αλεξία (Alexis/Alexia), Αλέκος/Αλέκα (Alekos/Aleka), Άκης (Akis)
Hebrew - אלכסנדר (Alexander)
Hindi - Hindustani - Sikandar
Hungarian - Sándor
Icelandic - Alexander
Irish (Gaeilge) - Alasandar
Italian - Alessandro, Leandro, Ale, Sandro, Alessio
Kazakh - Ескендiр
Lithuanian - Aleksandras
Macedonian - Александар, Алек, Аце, Ацо, Сашо, Сандо, Цанче
Malay - Iskandar
Malayalam - ചാണ്ടി (Chandy)
Maltese - Lixandru
Norwegian - Alexander, Aleksander
Persian - Eskandar
Polish - Aleksander, Alek, Olek, Aleks
Portuguese - Alexandre, Alexandro (rare), Alexandra, Xana (feminine), Xano, Alex, Xande, Xanocas
Romanian - Alexandru, Alec, Alex, Alle, Alecu, Sandu, Lixandru
Russian - Александp (Aleksandr), Алик (Alik), Саша (Sasha), Саня (Sanya), Санёк (Sanyok), Шура (Shura), Шурик (Shurik)
Sanskrit language - Alekchendra
Scots Gaelic - Alasdair, Alastair, Alistair, Alisdair
Serbian - Александар, Аца, Саша, Алексa - Aleksandar, Aca, Saša, Aleksa
Slovenian - Aleš, Sandi, Sanja, Sandra, Saša, Sašo
Spanish - Alejandro, Ale, Alejo, Jandro
Swedish - Alexander
Turkish - İskender
Ukrainian - Олександр (Oleksandr), Сашко (Sashko), Олелько (Olelko, rare), Олесь(Oles), Лесь(Les)
Urdu - Hindustani - Sikandar
Urdu - Pakistani - Sikander ("Sikander-e-Azam" is "Alexander the Great")
Uzbek - Iskandar
Yiddish - סענדער - Sender, Senderl
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