Comments for the name Aleksander

The traditional pet form for Aleksander is Olek - perhaps influencerd by the Ukrainian variant (Oleksandr). Nonetheless, a more modern pet form is Aleks, which is most likely influenced by the English short form Alex.

This name is also VERY common in Norway, so I guess it its also a Scandinavian name. [noted -ed]

This is the real name of the guitarist for Rush, Alex Lifeson. His real name is Aleksandar Živojinović. BUt to shorten it up, he changed Aleksander to Alex, and Zivojinovic to Lifeson because his real last name means "Son of Life"-Lifeson-

Prince Aleksander of Hohenberg, or more commonly known as Alek, is the lead male character in Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan trilogy. He is the fictional 15-year-old son of Franz Ferdinand who gets caught up in World War I after his father is assassinated.

I pronounce it as "Alehk-sann-durr." I think it's a really cool and unique-looking name. Although I'm not big on nicknames, "Aleks" just looks really awesome when written out. :)