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Aleksander

Male#1389 most common in Croatia119 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Defender of mankind
Origin:
Greek

About the name Aleksander

Form of Alexander, from Greek Alexandros ('defender of men').

Popularity with newborns

Aleksander has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

119 people in Croatia are called Aleksander, according to the 2021 census. That is #1389 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Aleksander is recorded in 4 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Grad ZagrebIstarskaMeđimurskaZagrebačka

Characteristics

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Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.