What does Zander mean?

Zander means "defender of men"

How do we pronounce Zander?

Zander \\ is a boy's name. It consists of 6 letters and 2 syllables.

[ 2 syll. zan-der, za-nd-er ] The baby boy name Zander is pronounced as ZAENDer 1.

1 Pronunciation for Zander: Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"

What is the origin of Zander?

Zander is of Old Greek origin, and it is used largely in the English, Greek, and Slavic languages. Zander is a contraction of Alexander name (Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic).

Zander is popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also viewed as fairly trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1990s; before that, it was of only very light use. Its usage peaked modestly in 2010 with 0.054% of baby boys being given the name Zander. Its ranking then was #294. In 2010, among the group of boy names directly linked to Zander, nicknames for Alexander was the most frequently used. Its use outnumbered Zander's by 15 times in that year.

A baby name that sounds like Zander is name Xander (Dutch, English, German, and Greek).

The baby name Zander fun facts:

The name Zander in reverse order is "Rednaz".

The numerological value of the name Zander is number 5, which means expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

How popular is Zander?

Zander is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.08%
20130.08%
20120.08%
20110.07%
20100.06%
20090.06%
20080.05%
20070.05%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames