Alessandro

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Alessandro is a masculine given name, the Italian form of the English name Alexander, derived from the Latin Alexander and the Ancient Greek Aléxandros, meaning "defender of man".

From Wikipedia

Alessandro first appears in the data in 1999 and has been recorded in 26 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 9,544 babies (rank #2 that year). In 2024 it was given to 4,201 boys (rank #5). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alessandro

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Alessandro yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
4Soul urgeThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

194,240

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

9,544

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Alessandro

Alessandro Voltaacademic · b. 1745
Alessandro Manzoninovelist · b. 1785
Alessandro Del Pierocolor commentator · b. 1974
Alessandro Nestaassociation football player · b. 1976
Alessandro Santosassociation football player · b. 1977

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1999	9,000	#3
2000	9,226	#4
2001	8,697	#4
2002	9,230	#3
2003	9,124	#3
2004	9,544	#2
2005	9,386	#2
2006	9,399	#2
2007	9,319	#2
2008	9,247	#2
2009	9,142	#2
2010	8,462	#2
2011	8,084	#2
2012	7,925	#2
2013	7,235	#2
2014	6,940	#2
2015	6,708	#2
2016	6,664	#2
2017	5,987	#3
2018	5,660	#3
2019	5,229	#4
2020	5,009	#3
2021	4,975	#2
2022	4,729	#5
2023	4,383	#5
2024	4,201	#5