ALEXANDER
is an ancient name and has many variations: ALEX, ALEC, the Scottish, ALISTAIR, the Gaelic, and the Russian SASCHA are the masculine. Feminine forms are ALEXANDRA, ALEXA, ALEXIS, SANDRA, and SONDRA. The masculine and feminine. The origin of this name is Greek and it means defender or protector of men. The name is most closely associated with Alexander the Great who in ancient times conquered the known word. In Hawaiian KA MEA KIA'I I NA KANAKA means a preserver and protector of men. a simpler form would be MEA KIA'I, protector. The Hawaiianized-English form of SANDRA would be KANELA meaning a canal, a Hawaiianized-English word, of SANDY it would be KANI, a native Hawaiian word meaning sound (as in music).