Zander

Where Zander comes from

The dictionaries list Zander as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, variant of Xander — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #2,621 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Zander Diamond born
    Scottish association football player
  3. 1992
    Zander Clark born
    Scottish association football player
  4. 2013
    Peak, #230
    1,600 babies named Zander — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, variant of Xander.
Namesakes
  • Zander Clark · Scottish association football player, born 1992
  • Zander Diamond · Scottish association football player, born 1985
  • Zander de Bruyn · cricketer, born 1975
  • Zander Schloss · American actor and musician, born 1961
  • Zander Sherman · Canadian writer, born 1986

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.