Gender Masculine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. AL  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Short form of Albert and other names beginning with Al. A notable bearer is American actor Al Pacino (1940-).

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesAlbert, Aleksandër, Skënder(Albanian) Eskender, Eskinder(Amharic) Alexander, Alexandros(Ancient Greek) Æþelbeorht(Anglo-Saxon) Iskandar(Arabic) Aleksandr, Alen, Aleks(Armenian) Alesander(Basque) Aliaksandr(Belarusian) Alexander(Biblical) Alexandros(Biblical Greek) Aleksandar, Skender(Bosnian) Alan(Breton) Aleksandar, Sasho(Bulgarian) Albert, Alexandre, Àlex(Catalan) Aleksandar, Alen, Sandi, Saša(Croatian) Albert, Alexandr, Aleš, Alex(Czech) Albert, Alexander, Aleksander, Alex, Allan, Sander(Danish) Albert, Albertus, Alexander, Abe, Adelbert, Alex, Bert, Brecht, Elbert, Lex, Sander, Xander(Dutch) Aleksandro, Aleĉjo(Esperanto) Aleksander, Allan, Sander(Estonian) Albert, Aleksanteri, Ale, Alpertti, Altti, Pertti, Samppa, Santeri, Santtu(Finnish) Alain, Alan, Albert, Alexandre, Aubert, Alex(French) Abbe, Abe(Frisian) Alberte, Alexandre(Galician) Aleksandre, Sandro(Georgian) Adalbert, Adelbert, Albert, Albrecht, Alexander, Alex, Bert(German) Adalberht, Adalbert, Albert, Albertus(Germanic) Alexandros, Alekos, Alex(Greek) Alexander, Alexandros(Greek Mythology) Albert, Alexander, Alex, Sándor, Sanyi(Hungarian) Albert, Alexander, Alex(Icelandic) Iskandar(Indonesian) Alastar(Irish) Adalberto, Alberto, Alessandro, Ale, Alex, Berto, Sandro(Italian) Alberts, Aleksandrs(Latvian) Albaer, Baer, Bèr(Limburgish) Albertas, Aleksandras(Lithuanian) Aleksandar, Aca, Ace, Aco, Sasho, Saško, Sašo(Macedonian) Iskandar(Malay) Albert, Aleksander, Alexander, Alex, Sander(Norwegian) Aþalaberhtaz(Old Germanic) Sikandar(Pashto) Eskandar(Persian) Albert, Aleksander, Aleks, Olek(Polish) Adalberto, Alberto, Alexandre, Alex, Xande, Xandinho(Portuguese) Albert, Alexandru, Alex, Sandu(Romanian) Albert, Aleksandr, Alexandr, Alexsandr, Aleks, Alex, Alik, Sanya, Sasha, Sashok, Shura(Russian) Sawney(Scots) Alan, Alastair, Alistair, Alister, Allan, Ally(Scottish) Ailean, Alasdair(Scottish Gaelic) Aleksandar, Aca, Aco, Saša(Serbian) Alexander, Aleš(Slovak) Aleksander, Alen, Aleks, Aleš, Sandi, Saša, Sašo(Slovene) Adalberto, Alberto, Alejandro, Ale, Álex, Berto(Spanish) Albert, Alexander, Alex, Allan(Swedish) İskender(Turkish) Aleksandr, Oleksander, Oleksandr, Oles, Sasha(Ukrainian) Sikandar(Urdu) Alun(Welsh) Sender(Yiddish)

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Entry updated March 21, 2014