Alejandro
| Pronunciation | [aleˈxandɾo] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | 'Defender of Mankind' |
| Region of origin | Greece |
| Other names | |
| See also | Alejandra, Alexandra, Alexander, Alex, Alessandro, Alexandru, Alexandre |
Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander.[1]
Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander (Czech, Polish), Alexandre (French), Alexandros (Greek), Alsander (Irish), Alessandro (Italian), Aleksandr (Russian), and Alasdair (Gaelic).
People with the given name Alejandro
[edit]- Alejandro Alvizuri, Peruvian backstroke swimmer
- Alejandro Amenábar, Chilean-born Spanish director
- Alejandro Aranda, American singer, musician, and reality television personality
- Alejandro Arguello, Mexican footballer
- Alejandro Avila, Mexican TV actor
- Alejandro Awada, Argentine actor
- Alejandro Balde, Spanish Footballer
- Alejandro Betts, Argentine historian
- Alejandro Bermúdez, Colombian swimmer
- Alejandro Bustillo, Argentine architect
- Alejandro Carrión, Ecuadorian poet and novelist
- Alejandro Casañas, Cuban hurdler
- Alejandro Castillo, Mexican footballer
- Alejandro Cercas, Spanish politician
- Alejandro Chataing, Venezuelan architect
- Alejandro Cichero, Venezuelan footballer
- Alejandro Corichi, Mexican theoretical physicist
- Alejandro Cortés, Colombian road cyclist
- Alejandro Cruz (disambiguation), several people
- Alejandro Diz, Argentine volleyball player
- Alejandro Doherty, Argentine field hockey player
- Alejandro Dolina, Argentine broadcaster
- Alejandro Domínguez, former chief of police in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
- Alejandro Edda, Mexican-American actor
- Alejandro Escovedo, American singer-songwriter
- Alejandro Falla, Colombian tennis player
- Alejandro Felipe Paula, Netherlands Antilles politician and historian
- Alejandro Fernández, Mexican singer
- Alejandro Fernández Sordo, Spanish politician
- Alejandro Freire, Venezuelan-American baseball player
- Alejandro García (disambiguation), several people
- Alejandro Garnacho, Argentine footballer
- Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director
- Alejandro Walter González, Argentine road cyclist
- Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean military
- Alejandro Herrera (Heroes), fictional character in NBC's Heroes
- Alejandro Herrera (athlete) (born 1958), Cuban athlete
- Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean actor and director
- Alejandro Kirk, Mexican baseball player
- Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, former Argentine President
- Alejandro Lazo, Cuban-American dancer
- Alejandro Lerner, Argentine musician
- Alejandro Lerroux, Spanish politician
- Alejandro González Malavé, Puerto Rican undercover police agent
- Alejandro Martinez, Andorran punk rock guitarist and back-up singer in Anonymous
- Alejandro Manzano, lead singer in Puerto Rican-American alternative rock band Boyce Avenue
- Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
- Alejandro Meloño, Uruguayan footballer
- Alejandro Moreno, Venezuelan footballer
- Alejandro Muñoz-Alonso, Spanish politician
- Alejandro Naif, Palestinian footballer
- Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter, muralist, sculptor, and engraver
- Alejandro O'Reilly, Irish-born Spanish governor of colonial Louisiana
- Alejandro Orfila, Argentine diplomat
- Alejandro Ortuoste, Filipino boxer
- Alejandro Padilla, American politician
- Alejandro Cao de Benos de Les y Pérez, president of the Korean Friendship Association
- Alejandro Planchart, Venezuelan-American musicologist and composer
- Alejandro Portes, Cuban-American sociologist
- Alejandro Pozuelo, Spanish footballer
- Alejandro Ramírez (chess player), Costa Rican international grandmaster of chess
- Alejandro Ramírez Calderón, Colombian road cyclist
- Alejandro Rebollo Álvarez-Amandi, Spanish lawyer, civil servant and politician
- Alejandro Rey, Argentine actor
- Alejandro Rivera, NCIS character
- Alejandro Tapia y Rivera, Puerto Rican poet and writer
- Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez, Mexican politician
- Alejandro Rossi, Mexican writer
- Alejandro Saab, American voice actor
- Alejandro Sabella, Argentine footballer
- Alejandro Salazar, American footballer
- Alejandro Sanz, Spanish pop musician
- Alejandro Siqueiros, Mexican freestyle swimmer
- Alejandro Severo, the Spanish version of Alexander Severus, former Roman emperor
- Alejandro M. Sinibaldi, President of Guatemala
- Alejandro Siri, Argentine field hockey player
- Alejandro Sosa, fictional drug lord from the 1983 film Scarface
- Alejandro Spajic, Argentine volleyball player
- Alejandro de la Sota, Spanish architect
- Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian politician, ex-president
- Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine auto racing driver
- Alejandro Trujillo, Chilean footballer
- Alejandro Valverde, Spanish cyclist
- Rey Alejandro Conde Valdivia, Mexican conductor
- Alejandro Velasco Astete, Peruvian pilot
- Alejandro Villanueva, NFL Offensive tackle, and former Army Ranger
- Alejandro Zaera, Spanish architect
- Alejandro Zohn, Mexican architect
People with the surname Alejandro
[edit]- Hajji Alejandro, Filipino singer and actor
- Rachel Alejandro, Filipina singer and actress
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles beginning with Alejandro
- Alejandro Sniper Rifle
- Alexandro
- Alexandre (disambiguation)
- Alexander
- Alessandro
- Sandro
References
[edit]- ^ Grégoire, L. (1874). Diccionario enciclopédico de historia, biografía, mitología y geografía (in Spanish). Garnier Hermanos. p. 42. Retrieved 20 September 2018.