| How to pronounce Iskandar | ISlam + CUp + New + DUst + pRay Each block is a syllable. Thick black border indicates stress/emphasis. Other pronunciations are acceptable. |
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| Original Spelling | إسكندر How to write Iskandar in the original language, such as Arabic or Persian |
This is NOT a Quranic name, but Muslims can use it since it has a good or neutral meaning.
Meaning of Iskandar
Iskandar is an Arabic name for boys. It is the Arabic version of the English name Alexander, which means “defender of the people”.
Reader Comments:
on Thursday 24th of October 2019 04:24:12 AM
Iskander is the arabic version of the name Alexander, arabs named as Iskander Alexander, how did the Greeks took the name Iskander from the arabs, this does not make any sense.
on Sunday 28th of November 2021 01:12:02 AM
If Arabic was created in the 1st century AD, approximately 400 years before Alexander the Great, then how could the Greeks have stolen the name Alexander from a language that did not exist at that time?