Meaning of the nameAlesandro

Alesandro is a spelling of the name Alessandro, which means “defender of men”.

Meaning

“defender of men”

Meaning of the name Alessandro, of which Alesandro is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Alessandro · Behind the Name: Alexander

People (2022): 10,664
Rank in Brazil: #1,631
Median age: 34 years
2010 Census: 13,432; people

Alesandro in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Alesandro, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (3,364 people).

86 women 10,578 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Alesandro is most common

States with the highest share of people named Alesandro in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rondônia 0.009%
Mato Grosso 0.009%
Pará 0.009%
Tocantins 0.009%
Bahia 0.007%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,630	0.004%
Bahia	1,042	0.007%
Paraná	770	0.007%
Minas Gerais	734	0.004%
Pará	687	0.009%
Rio Grande do Sul	653	0.006%
Rio de Janeiro	609	0.004%
Santa Catarina	494	0.007%
Goiás	468	0.007%
Pernambuco	452	0.005%
Maranhão	440	0.007%
Ceará	341	0.004%
Mato Grosso	320	0.009%
Amazonas	281	0.007%
Espírito Santo	268	0.007%
Paraíba	184	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	182	0.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul	169	0.006%
Alagoas	168	0.005%
Rondônia	143	0.009%
Tocantins	128	0.009%
Sergipe	124	0.006%
Piauí	100	0.003%
Distrito Federal	90	0.003%
Acre	85	0.010%
Amapá	68	0.009%
Roraima	34	0.005%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Alesandro

Spelling with a single s, without the doubled consonant of Italian.

About the name Alessandro

Alessandro is the Italian form of Alexandre. Wiktionary records that Portuguese borrowed it from Italian, which inherited it from Latin Alexander, coming from Greek Aléxandros. Behind the Name explains the Greek name as 'defender of men', from roots meaning 'to defend, to help' and 'man'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 144,058 people named Alessandro, with a median age of 36, most of them born in the 1970s and 1980s; proportionally, it is most common in Amapá. The spelling with a single s, Alesandro, is much rarer.

Other spellings of Alessandro

Spelling	People (2022)
Alessandro	144,058
Alesandro	10,664

Sources

Wiktionary: Alessandro · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Alexander · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Alesandro

What does the name Alesandro mean?

Alesandro means “defender of men”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Alessandro, of which Alesandro is a spelling.

How many people are named Alesandro in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,664 people with the first name Alesandro, which ranks it number 1,631 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Alesandro a boy's or a girl's name?

Alesandro is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 86 women and 10,578 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Alesandro?

Alesandro is a name of Italian and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Alesandro most common?

Proportionally, in Rondônia: 0.009% of the state's population is named Alesandro (143 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Alesandro?

Alessandro. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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