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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2009 with 71 babies (rank #494 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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.

1,126

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

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
1996	37	#490
1997	47	#428
1998	54	#409
1999	45	#467
2000	61	#378
2001	42	#485
2002	46	#468
2003	61	#423
2004	51	#510
2005	61	#461
2006	61	#495
2007	56	#552
2008	61	#544
2009	71	#494
2010	57	#589
2011	48	#672
2012	50	#671
2013	60	#589
2014	52	#650
2015	45	#727
2016	60	#599