Muslim Name · Male · Persian from Greek origin
Sikandar Name Meaning in Islam
Alexander, borne by Sikandar Lodi of Delhi and Sikandar Shah of Bengal.
- Meaning
- Alexander
- Gender
- Boy
- Urdu
- سکندر
- Pronunciation
- SIKANDAR
Is Sikandar an Islamic name? Yes. Sikandar is an established name in Muslim use. Its settled meaning is: Alexander. It was carried by Sikandar Lodi. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
Persianised form of Greek Alexandros (Alexander). Sikandar Dhū al-Qarnayn appears in classical Islamic literature.
A Greek royal name adopted into the Persianate-Islamic world; sometimes identified with the Quranic Dhū al-Qarnayn.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Read through the Science of Letters, Sikandar opens with Seen (س), the letter of movement, and resolves on Dal (د), the letter of door. Between the two stand origin, covering, origin, depth, door., a chord of interior qualities the name carries forward.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Sikandar brings air and water together, the elements of clear seeing and feeling deeply. The bearer is asked to name what is felt without cooling it, and to feel what is thought without losing it. Anchoring the reading is Al-Sami, the All-Hearing, meaning the person carries the alertness to hear what is not being said aloud. A person named Sikandar is often the one people can be honest with.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Alexander, borne by Sikandar Lodi of Delhi and Sikandar Shah of Bengal; a name of conquest and reach.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Sikandar Lodi . Second Lodi sultan of Delhi; founder of Agra (1504).
- Sikandar Shah (Bengal) . Second sultan of the Ilyas Shahi dynasty of Bengal; commissioned the Adina Mosque at Pandua.
How to Pronounce Sikandar
Variants of this name
The same name romanises differently across communities.
Names sharing the س Seen influence
Like Sikandar, these names carry Seen (س) as their leading letter influence.
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