Alejandro

Name

For the Lady Gaga song, see Alejandro (song).

AlejandroPronunciation| [aleˈxandɾo]

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Gender| Male
Language(s)| Spanish
Origin
Meaning| "Defender, protector 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

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* 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 the TV series
* 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 Peña, Dominican baseball player
* 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

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* Edesio Alejandro (1958–2025), Cuban composer of electronic music
* Hajji Alejandro (1954–2025), Filipino singer and actor
* Rachel Alejandro, Filipina singer and actress

## See also

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* All pages with titles beginning with Alejandro
* Alejandro Sniper Rifle
* Alexandro
* Alexandre (disambiguation)
* Alexander
* Alessandro
* Sandro

## References

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1. ^ Grégoire, L. (1874). Diccionario enciclopédico de historia, biografía, mitología y geografía (in Spanish). Garnier Hermanos. p. 42. Retrieved 20 September 2018.