Where the spelling 알렉산더 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 알렉산더 for Alexander.
People in the list with this given name:
- 볼커노프스키, 알렉산더 — Volkanovski, Alexander
- 밀리, 마크 (알렉산더) — Milley, Mark (Alexander)
- 버두고, 알렉산더 브레이디 — Verdugo, Alexander Brady
…and 16 more in the list.
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
- The official list spells Alexander as 알렉산더, although the general rule gives 앨러그잰더.
Other possible spellings
알렉산데르Alleksandereu · NIKL spelling of the Spanish name
What Alexander means
Alexander by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 14, 373,102 babies (0.3% girls, 99.7% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 알렉산더: 19.
Korean names for Alexander
These are the converter’s results for Alexander as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
김아람Kim AramUsed for boys and girls · 54% sound match
김이안Kim IanBoy’s name · 43% sound match
김유안Kim YuanBoy’s name · 43% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 김, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Meaning
Korean names from what Alexander means.
Your name means: to defend + man (from Ancient Greek ἀλέξω)
김남혁Kim NamhyeokBoy’s name
김남준Kim NamjunBoy’s name
김알렉산더Kim AlleksandeoYour name, Korean styleHangul-only name — no hanja
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics