Boy name Greek origin

Zander

ZAN-duhr · 6 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Defender of the people
Language
Greek
Culture
American
Style era
modern
Themes
modern · trendy
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#378
2024 births864
Peak year2013
First appeared1915
Total US births27,932
2013 peak19151942197019972024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Zan
Alternate spellings
XanderZandor
In other languages
Alexander

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