Nickname for Alexander

amother

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 12:32 pm

Ya, but were chassidish.... and I doubt with any of these nicknames he will b typical. I know alexander is a Jewish name, and I know the special story of how it became a Jewish name, but being that it's a very usual name amongst non-jews, most people aren't comfterble with it...
All the nick-names are not typical names for a frum chassidish boy.

chagru

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 4:02 pm

DallasIma wrote:

I have an Alexander, named after his deceased uncle, and everyone knows him as Alex, although when he was a kid sometimes people would call him Sender. (We used to joke that if a letter was marked Return to Sender, it should go to him.) I don't see anything the matter with the nickname Alex. By the way there is a beautiful story on how that name, which was originally Greek, became a Jewish name:
Thank you , so interesting , I always wondered how it became Jewish
https://www.chabad.org/library.....e.htm

chagru

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 4:03 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

sender is a very acceptable chasidish name

sequoia

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 4:19 pm

I know a few Alexanders who go by Alik, but that doesn’t help you.

ichbingreit

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 4:25 pm

My sons cheder rebbe in a super chassidish cheder is rebbe sender. He’s Alexander too. It is a very acceptable and common chassidish name

imaima

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 5:56 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

That's not true. Sender is typical. Maybe you have never met any but they are out there.

mommy3b2c

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 6:07 pm

Sender or sendi is very typical for chassidish boys named Alexander.

amother

Forsythia

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 6:19 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Chassidish mama here. My brothers have definitely had some Senders in their chasidish BP cheder. And I have a very chassidish (viznitz) Israeli relative that is called "Sendy".

amother

Foxglove

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 7:02 pm

Agree with previous posters. sender is the traditional nickname used in yeshivish and chassidish circles.
Historically it was preferred to using the name Alexander itself.

amother

Denim

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 7:06 pm

Sender is just thought of as a Yiddish name ime.
And I've known Alexander's from very frum families.
Neither is thought of as a non Jewish name, either way it's pretty obviously a family name so nobody thinks twice.

DallasIma

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 8:18 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

My son is a Lubavitcher, and I don't ever remember anyone being uncomfortable with his name.

amother

Cobalt

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 8:39 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Hey Imas,
Can someone help me?
im pregenant, and if its a boy we want to name him Alexander after my grandfather. I HATE the name!!!! but I want to name after my grandfather.

Any ideas for a cute nickname?
not alex or sasha or all the typical nick names. something cute for a reguler frum boy, who is carrying the name of a special grandfather.

Allie. I don’t think Alex is ugly.

amother

Cobalt

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 8:40 pm

mommy3b2c wrote:

Sender or sendi is very typical for chassidish boys named Alexander.

I hate those names

notshanarishona

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 8:46 pm

Please don’t name your son a name you hate unless you feel ok with it. Realize that even with a nickname he will be called his real name on anything formal, documentation, etc. and you need to be comfortable. The only “frum” nicknames I know of are Alex or Sender/ Sendy. At least consider a second name if you will like it better

amother

Papaya

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 10:37 pm

I know a chassidish Zandy (pronounced ZAHN-dee) whose name is Alexander.

amother

Denim

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 10:40 pm

Allie sounds like a girl's name.... I wouldn't use it for a boy's nickname.
BTW nowadays I think of Sasha as a girl's name, too. I know at least a few girls with that name.

fbc

Sat, Dec 18 2021, 10:47 pm

My father's very chassidish rav has a son Alexander whom they call sendy/sender. Definitely goes in a chassidish background, no question!

amother

Powderblue

Sun, Dec 19 2021, 7:35 am

amother [ Denim ] wrote:

Allie sounds like a girl's name.... I wouldn't use it for a boy's nickname.
BTW nowadays I think of Sasha as a girl's name, too. I know at least a few girls with that name.

It is a girl's name too, even a chassidish one (Sarah Sasha?), unless you are Russian and then it's a boy's name too. But if you are not mixing in Russian circles and are trying to integrate into chassidishe welt, then Sasha is a bad idea. Then it is Sender.