Alessandro

Meaning: Defender of mankind
Origin: Italian (from Greek via Latin and Italian)

Boy's name · #497 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Alessandro is climbing: on the charts since 1933, it reached #497 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 610 boys given the name last year. Roughly 12,000 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

See where Alessandro is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 25 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Alessandro is especially popular in Italy.

#5 in Italy (2024) · #121 in Switzerland (2025) · #169 in Ecuador (2025) · #361 in Belgium (2025) · #437 in Austria (2025) · #468 in Mexico (2024) · #493 in Poland (2025) · #498 in Sweden (2025) · #565 in France (2025) · #839 in Ireland (2025) · #874 in England & Wales (2025) · #510 in Canada (2024).

Famous Alessandros

Alessandro Volta — Italian chemist and physicist (1745–1827)
Alessandro Manzoni — Italian writer and poet (1785–1873)
Alessandro Del Piero — Italian association football player
Alessandro Nesta — Italian association football player and manager (born 1976)
Alessandro Santos — Brazilian-Japanese association football player

In stories & tradition

Alessandro Binomi^de — Fictional mathematician
Alessandro Stradella — Alessandro Stradella (musical stage work)
Alessandro — Il re pastore (musical stage work)

What Alessandros become

Among 3,400 notable people named Alessandro:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.3× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alessandro Volta, Italian chemist and physicist (1745–1827).

Similar names: Valentino · Alessio · Sandro · Vincenzo · Luciano · Franco

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