Aliaksandr
A Slavic form of Aleksander, carrying the same sense: "defender of men". Around 19,000 men in Poland have it, but you'd remember meeting one, and it stays exclusively male.
Aliaksandr Pronunciation
Aliaksandr is pronounced ahl-YAHK-sahndr (/alˈjaksandr/).
What Aliaksandr means
Where Aliaksandr comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Aliaksandr is the Slavic form of a name meaning defender of men, obrońca ludzi in Polish. The spelling belongs to the eastern reach of the Slavic world, while Poland keeps the same root as Aleksander. Its cross-gender partner is Aleksandra, and daily speech wears both down to Olek or Aleks.
The meaning stays close to the surface. Someone who guards the people around him, that is the sense the name has held for the men who answered to it. On an imieniny the bearer hears it in full, the long official Aliaksandr, before friends reach for the shorter Olek.
A name of this weight travels well across borders. Aliaksandr and Aleksander are the same name in two Slavic mouths, and both point back to defender of men.
How many people are named Aliaksandr
1 in 1106 men in Poland is named Aliaksandr. 19,307 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #280 among male names.
Aliaksandr's popularity over time
3 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1171 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2020. Still the #280 name among living men, even as it slips to #1171 among newborns.
Where Aliaksandr is most popular
Aliaksandr is most popular in Podlaskie, 3185% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Podlaskie2 boys born+3185%
Aliaksandr as a middle name
Aliaksandr is a first name for 19,307 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 7148th, between Algirdas (2) and Alican (2).
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#7146 Algierd2
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#7147 Algirdas2
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#7148 Aliaksandr2
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#7149 Alican2
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#7150 Alieu2