E, I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings for the name ALEXANDER and found the following. I hope this information help in your genealogy.
Eugenia Alexander - English, Anglicized name In Portuguese, Alexandre - In English, Alexander. Proper name. Information is from: Dr. Armando de Morais, DICIONARIO PROTUGUESE - INGLES, Editorial Domingos Barreira, Rua Oliveira Monteiro, 343, Porto, Portugal, 1952, page 891. In Portuguese, Alexandre - In English, Alexander. Proper name. Information is from: Jura Oliveira, Ph.D., PORTUGUESE DICTIONARY, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1993, page 223. Alexander - Anglicized (English) family name. Alexandre - Portuguese family name. Information is from: Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 271. Alexander - (masculine) English, Dutch, German, and Hebrew: from the Latin form of the Greek name Alexandros, which is composed of the elements alexein to defend + aner man, warrior (genitive andros). The compound was probably coined originally as a title of the goddess Hera, consort of Zeus. its was also as a byname by the Trojan prince Paris. The name became extremely popular in the post-classical period, and was borne by several characters in the New Testament and some early Christian saints. Its use as a common given name throughout Europe, however, derives largely from the fame of Alexander the Great, King of Macedon (356-23 BC), around whom a large body of popular legend grew up in late antiquity, much of which came to be embodied in the medieval 'Alexander romances'. It also became a popular Hebrew name under Alexander the Great's benign rule of Palestine. Cognates: Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair (Anglicized) as Alistair). Irish Gaelic: Alastar. French: Alexandre. Italian: Alessandro. Spanish: Alejandro. Catalan: Aleixandre. Portuguese: Alexandre. Romanian: Aleandru. Russian: Aleksandr. Ukrainian: Oleksander. Polish: Aleksander. Chzech: Alexandr Hungarian: Sándor. Yiddish: Sender. Short forms: English: Alex, Alec, Alick. Italian: Sandro. Pet forms: English, Scottish: Sandy (Gaelic Sandaidh). Scottish: Sawney. Russian: Sasha, Sanya, Shura. Polish: Oles, Olech, Olek. Czech: Olexa. Alex - (masculine, feminine) English: short form of Alexander, Alexandra, or Alexis; also commonly used as a given name in its own right. It is now also sometimes used in France and Germany. Variant: English: Alix (feminine) Short form: English: Lex. Information is from: Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, A DICTIONARY OF FIRST NAMES, Oxford University Press, New York, 1995, page 9. -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
