Meaning of the nameAlessandro

Alessandro is a masculine name of Italian origin, from the Greek Alexandros, which means 'defender of men'; in Portuguese it corresponds to Alexandre.

Meaning

“defender of men”

Source: Wiktionary: Alessandro · Behind the Name: Alexander

People (2022): 144,058
Rank in Brazil: #234
Median age: 36 years
2010 Census: 150,491; people

Alessandro in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Alessandro, 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 (44,604 people).

855 women 143,203 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 Alessandro is most common

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

Amapá 0.112%
Espírito Santo 0.099%
Amazonas 0.094%
Paraná 0.090%
Pará 0.089%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	33,802	0.076%
Minas Gerais	14,073	0.069%
Rio de Janeiro	13,783	0.086%
Paraná	10,314	0.090%
Bahia	8,870	0.063%
Rio Grande do Sul	8,468	0.078%
Pará	7,242	0.089%
Goiás	6,187	0.088%
Santa Catarina	5,316	0.070%
Maranhão	4,199	0.062%
Espírito Santo	3,810	0.099%
Amazonas	3,702	0.094%
Pernambuco	3,402	0.038%
Mato Grosso	2,979	0.081%
Ceará	2,422	0.028%
Distrito Federal	2,317	0.082%
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,102	0.076%
Alagoas	1,749	0.056%
Paraíba	1,720	0.043%
Sergipe	1,347	0.061%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,282	0.039%
Rondônia	1,182	0.075%
Piauí	1,112	0.034%
Tocantins	1,042	0.069%
Amapá	820	0.112%
Acre	481	0.058%
Roraima	335	0.053%

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

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.

The original Italian spelling and the most common in the group, with ss and the ending -ro.

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 Alessandro

What does the name Alessandro mean?

Alessandro means “defender of men”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Alessandro in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 144,058 people with the first name Alessandro, which ranks it number 234 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Alessandro is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 855 women and 143,203 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Alessandro?

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

In which Brazilian state is Alessandro most common?

Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.112% of the state's population is named Alessandro (820 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Alessandro?

Alesandro. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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