Alexandre

Where Alexandre comes from

Borrowed from French Alexandre and Portuguese Alexandre.
— Wiktionary's entry for Alexandre
  • French
  • Portuguese
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1802
    Alexandre Dumas born
    French writer and dramatist
  2. 1824
    Alexandre Dumas fils born
    French writer and dramatist
  3. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,825 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1993
    Peak, #893
    143 babies named Alexandre — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,003.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from French or Portuguese, equivalent to English Alexander.
Namesakes
  • Alexandre Dumas · French writer and dramatist, 1802–1870
  • Alexandre Dumas fils · French writer and dramatist, 1824–1895
  • Alexandre Millerand · French lawyer and statesman, 1859–1943
  • Alexandre Pato · Brazilian football player, born 1989
  • Alexandre Lacazette · French footballer, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.