(father’s mother’s father’s surname)
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(etymologically, the name is derived from the greek Ἀλέξανδρος (aléxandros), meaning “defender of the people” or “defending men” and also, “Protector of men”)
a compound of the verb ἀλέξειν alexein, “to ward off, to avert, to defend”
and the noun ἀνήρ anēr, “man” (GEN ἀνδρόςandros))
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(it is an example of the widespread motif of ‘greek’ (or ‘indo-european’ more generally) names expressing “battle-prowess”, in this case the ability to withstand or push back an ‘enemy battle line’)
(the earliest attested form of the name is the “mycenaean greek” feminine anthroponym 𐀀𐀩𐀏𐀭𐀅𐀨, a-re-ka-sa-da-ra (transcribed as alexandra), written in the “linear B syllabic script”)
(the name was one of the titles (“epithets”) given to the greek goddess “hera” and as such is usually taken to mean “one who comes to save warriors”)
(in “the iliad”, the character ‘paris’ is known also as ‘alexander’)
(the name’s popularity was spread throughout the greek world by the military conquests of “king alexander III”, commonly known as “alexander the great”)
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(most later “alexanders” in various countries were directly or indirectly named for him)
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Alexander is a surname originating in Scotland, originally an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic MacAlasdair
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*it is a somewhat common scottish name, and the region of Scotland where it traditionally is most commonly found is in the ‘highlands region’ of ‘scotland’*
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