Alexandre
The French spelling of Aleksander, carrying the Greek sense "defender of mankind". Fewer than a thousand men in Poland go by it, and no boys have been given it in the last couple of years: most Poles will never meet one.
Alexandre Pronunciation
What Alexandre means
Where Alexandre comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Alexandre begins in Greek. It joins alexein, to defend, with andros, of man, and the two give a meaning that has followed the name for centuries: defender of mankind, obrońca ludzi in Polish. The French spelling is the one that colours the name in Paris and Lyon, while the same Greek root stands behind the Polish variant Aleksander and the shorter forms Olek and Aleks.
The name grew through the people who bore it. Alexandre Dumas, author of The Three Musketeers, helped bind it to France in the nineteenth century, and readers across Europe met the name on his title pages.
In a Polish class register, Alexandre often sits a line away from Aleksandra, its cross-gender twin. Both go back to that old word for a man who defends. By lunchtime he is Olek.
How many people are named Alexandre
1 in 22517 men in Poland is named Alexandre. 950 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #984 among male names.
Alexandre's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Where Alexandre is most popular
Alexandre is most popular in Masovian, 388% above the national average (8 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+193%).
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Masovian8 boys born+388%
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Pomeranian2 boys born+193%
Alexandre as a middle name
Alexandre is a first name for 950 men in Poland and a middle name for another 389, a 71/29 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 356th, between Heinz (391) and Franz (389).
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#354 Kurt393
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#355 Heinz391
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#356 Alexandre389
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#357 Franz389
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#358 Zbysław388