Alexandre

Primarily a boy's name · 97% boys

Meaning

Alexandre is a masculine given name, the French, Galician, Catalan, and Portuguese form of the English name Alexander, derived from the Latin Alexander and the Ancient Greek Aléxandros, meaning "defender of Mankind".

From Wikipedia

Alexandre first appears in the data in 1915 and has been recorded in 71 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2003 with 173 babies (rank #945 that year). In 2024 it was given to 71 boys (rank #2,092). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alexandre

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

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

5,322

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

173

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Alexandre

Alexandre Dumasnovelist · b. 1802
Alexandre Dumas filsfilm screenwriter · b. 1824
Alexandre Millerandsocialist · b. 1859
Alexandre Patoassociation football player · b. 1989
Alexandre Lacazetteassociation football player · b. 1991

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1915	5	#3,834
1918	7	#3,376
1920	5	#4,300
1949	5	#3,695
1954	5	#3,838
1956	9	#2,802
1957	5	#4,001
1960	7	#3,344
1961	9	#2,901
1962	6	#3,645
1963	11	#2,540
1965	11	#2,478
1966	7	#3,254
1967	18	#1,855
1968	26	#1,544
1969	10	#2,868
1970	21	#1,939
1971	19	#2,126
1972	21	#1,967
1973	20	#2,037
1974	23	#1,934
1975	27	#1,788
1976	26	#1,873
1977	38	#1,490
1978	34	#1,616
1979	22	#2,236
1980	42	#1,475
1981	32	#1,766
1982	41	#1,513
1983	43	#1,449
1984	54	#1,251
1985	66	#1,147
1986	63	#1,199
1987	79	#1,077
1988	97	#983
1989	99	#1,037
1990	121	#938
1991	128	#936
1992	121	#983
1993	143	#893
1994	147	#897
1995	136	#953
1996	131	#970
1997	125	#1,018
1998	154	#921
1999	141	#997
2000	146	#1,006
2001	118	#1,168
2002	154	#1,008
2003	173	#945
2004	143	#1,102
2005	165	#1,020
2006	142	#1,185
2007	150	#1,175
2008	151	#1,180
2009	130	#1,331
2010	140	#1,249
2011	120	#1,385
2012	122	#1,376
2013	105	#1,528
2014	94	#1,641
2015	111	#1,491
2016	95	#1,663
2017	71	#2,003
2018	67	#2,100
2019	71	#2,042
2020	94	#1,679
2021	80	#1,902
2022	53	#2,562
2023	51	#2,578
2024	71	#2,092