Defender of men
A Slavic and Northern European variation of the Greek name Alexandros. It is composed of the elements 'alexein', meaning to defend or help, and 'aner', meaning man.
Less common today
Aleksander isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #1,106 in 2009.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Finnish professional ice hockey captain
Bosnian-American novelist and screenwriter
Polish poet and memoirist
Influential Polish film director
