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Gender Masculine
Usage English (Portuguese-style, Modern), French (Portuguese-style, Modern), Galician (Modern), Catalan (Modern), Portuguese (Modern)
Pronounced Pron. AL-iks-AHN-dray(English) A-LEHKS-AHN-DREH(French, Galician, Catalan) AL-iks-AHN-DREH(Portuguese) [key]
Meaning & History
Portuguese-style form of the Greek name Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning "to defend, help" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός). In Greek mythology this was another name of the hero Paris, and it also belongs to several characters in the New Testament.