Alexander Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Alexander Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Alexander

The origin of the name Alexander was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Alexander is a baptismal name meaning 'the son of Alexander', a very old personal name with its roots meaning 'defender of man'. Although numerous throughout the countries of Ireland and England , it is nowhere more national as in Scotland , from hence it was introduced by Queen Margaret, wife of King Malcolm Ceannmor of the Hungarian court. Her third son was the first of three Alexanders, of which the death of the last was the signal for the long feud between the southern and northern Kingdoms. As a name, stories of prodigious achievements, many of them miraculous, caused it to be immensely admired. In Ireland the name Alexander has a number of anglicized forms including Elshinder and MacCalshender and is rendered in Gaelic as MacAlsandair. In modern times the name is most often associated with Counties Down and Antrim.