Alexandra as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Alexandra

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The baby name Alexandra is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /ˌælɪkˈsændrə/ (AL-ik-SAN-druh).

Alexandra is Greek in Origin.

Gender: Female

Syllables: 4.0

Origin: Greek

Pronunciation: /ˌælɪkˈsændrə/ (AL-ik-SAN-druh)

What is the meaning of the name Alexandra ?

The baby name Alexandra is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /ˌælɪkˈsændrə/ (AL-ik-SAN-druh).

Alexandra is Greek in Origin.

Alexandra is the feminine form of Alexander, from Greek Alexandros (alexein "to defend, ward off" + aner/andros "man, person"), meaning "defender of humankind." The name traveled through Latin and Byzantine Greek into many European languages, retaining the core sense of protection and valor. In Christian tradition it is borne by several saints, aiding its diffusion across Eastern and Western Europe.

Usage surged in royal and aristocratic circles - most notably Queen Alexandra (Denmark/United Kingdom) and the Russian empresses - before Victorian and modern revivals placed it firmly in the English-speaking mainstream, peaking in the late 20th century in the United States and Canada. International variants include Aleksandra (Polish, Russian, Serbian), Alessandra (Italian), Alejandra (Spanish), Alexandrine and Alix (French), and Oleksandra (Ukrainian). Common short forms and diminutives are Alex, Lex, Lexi/Lexie, Allie, Ali, Sandra, Sondra, Xandra, Zandra, and the Slavic Sasha.

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Name	Last Name(s)	Mother	Mother famous for	Fame Level	Father	Father famous for	Fame Level
Alexandra	Richards	Patti Hansen	model	★★★★★	Keith Richards	rapper	★★★★★
Alexandra	Cassavetes	Gena Rowlands	television actor	★★★★★	John Cassavetes	film director	★★★★★
Alexandra	Mikhalkov				Andrei Konchalovsky	film director	★★★★★
Alexandra	Stevenson				Julius Erving	basketball player	★★★★★
Alexandra	Basina				Angelos Basinas	association footballer	★★★★★
Alexandra	Romano				Ray Romano	film director	★★★★★

Alexandra – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Girls	2025	#1	—	874
Germany	Girls	2025	#1	—	411
EC	Girls	0	#2	1,012	3,650
FJ	Girls	0	#9	1	583
HT		0	#11	2	399
SV		0	#11	1	283
GR	Girls	0	#14	1,066	6,293
HT	Girls	0	#15	9	950
KR	Girls	0	#15	1	572
SV	Girls	0	#17	2	458
HU	Girls	0	#18	1,149	3,308
EC		0	#19	127	2,502
CY	Girls	0	#22	162	3,755
HN		0	#22	1	704
HU		0	#23	151	1,675
RU	Girls	0	#24	8,447	11,913
Austria	Girls	0	#26	3,495	1,885
MD		0	#27	8	434
MT		0	#27	17	1,767
LU	Girls	0	#29	255	4,850
MU	Girls	0	#29	1,391	8,539
PT	Girls	0	#30	6,138	7,952
RU		0	#30	403	3,641
NA		0	#33	1	2,537
TM	Girls	0	#33	3	574
GR		0	#34	164	3,911
HN	Girls	0	#34	5	884
Germany	Girls	0	#35	10,378	4,949
MD	Girls	0	#35	104	865
MV	Girls	0	#35	1	2,021
Iceland	Girls	0	#36	28	132
EE		0	#37	1	1,051
CY		0	#38	22	1,632
ID		0	#38	2	2,238
Austria		0	#39	339	850
NL	Girls	2014	#40	29	73
KZ		0	#41	54	1,452
LU		0	#43	24	2,830
BG	Girls	0	#44	283	3,559
PR		0	#44	12	1,497
Iceland	Girls	2023	#46	584	60
CO	Girls	0	#48	23,607	16,140
MO		0	#50	3	2,706
PT		0	#50	638	4,161
AO	Girls	0	#51	227	4,575
BG		0	#51	30	1,799
PA	Girls	0	#52	1,239	9,861
CM		0	#53	4	2,592
Austria	Girls	2006	#54	125	59
MU		0	#54	131	3,613
AO		0	#57	20	2,729
PR	Girls	0	#57	132	3,171
New Zealand	Girls	2009	#59	48	96
PE	Girls	0	#62	7,962	14,861
KZ	Girls	0	#63	712	5,862
PA		0	#64	68	3,797
Germany		0	#68	881	2,542
CO		0	#73	1,568	7,768
JP		0	#73	5	4,057
AL		0	#74	3	2,372
AZ	Girls	0	#74	2	1,051
SI		0	#75	6	1,612
MT	Girls	0	#76	79	3,773
RS		0	#77	8	923
CZ	Girls	0	#78	1,004	5,378
EE	Girls	0	#78	64	1,888
MD	Boys	0	#81	1	756
PH		0	#81	16	5,607
CN		0	#84	3	3,857
CR	Girls	0	#86	1,201	11,342
LT		0	#86	3	949
QA		0	#86	15	7,011
ID	Girls	0	#89	10	3,319
AF	Girls	0	#94	1	2,402
RS	Girls	0	#98	40	1,651
UY	Girls	0	#99	1,269	6,731
TW		0	#102	2	4,523
PE		0	#103	282	6,350
CR		0	#104	55	5,526
CZ		0	#104	105	3,154
GE	Girls	0	#105	4	1,564
CL	Girls	0	#106	4,439	14,098
Norway	Girls	2025	#107	20	453
BN	Girls	0	#110	5	5,459
Switzerland	Girls	2024	#111	25	1,786
KW		0	#115	7	5,216
IR	Girls	0	#116	1,000	8,334
OM		0	#118	4	6,215
UY		0	#128	50	2,477
CY	Boys	0	#131	1	3,473
IQ		0	#131	3	3,533
Spain	Girls	0	#133	5,360	5,561
AE		0	#138	40	10,220
BN	Boys	0	#138	2	6,332
Sweden	Girls	2022	#139	41	1,568
JO		0	#139	2	2,158
DK		0	#141	66	5,198
IR		0	#145	92	4,221
BW	Girls	0	#146	6	4,216
DK	Girls	0	#146	209	7,429
BW	Boys	0	#148	7	4,685
LT	Boys	0	#151	1	2,166
SI	Girls	0	#156	19	2,769
Canada	Girls	2024	#160	134	2,795
Belgium	Girls	2024	#161	25	424
PS		0	#162	57	5,692
Spain		0	#166	437	2,326
IL	Girls	0	#170	866	11,648
CL		0	#172	334	6,867
HU	Boys	0	#172	3	3,954
HR		0	#173	9	2,081
Finland	Girls	0	#177	354	1,368
LT	Girls	0	#177	18	1,904
MT	Boys	0	#179	1	4,064
PL		0	#182	31	2,600
PL	Girls	0	#183	302	5,096
GT	Girls	0	#184	459	7,500
AR		0	#185	9	2,915
BR	Girls	0	#185	2,753	12,708
IL		0	#190	87	6,291
PS	Girls	0	#191	524	10,981
JP	Girls	0	#193	53	6,592
BO	Girls	0	#197	796	9,488
United States	Girls	2024	#200	1,387	8,487
IT	Girls	0	#202	11,003	9,415
Finland	Girls	2026	#203	2,110	3,895
NA	Girls	0	#212	13	7,146
GT		0	#217	99	5,948
MO	Girls	0	#218	34	7,056
AL	Girls	0	#219	9	4,141
BG	Boys	0	#219	2	3,850
LU	Boys	0	#219	2	4,970
MX	Girls	0	#220	4,317	17,781
PH	Girls	0	#222	180	13,098
EC	Boys	0	#224	16	3,322
NL		0	#229	173	2,481
NL	Girls	0	#231	1,639	5,933
QA	Girls	0	#232	85	15,378
MO	Boys	0	#233	2	5,842
BR		0	#235	113	5,969
Finland		0	#240	68	830
GH		0	#243	6	5,396
NG		0	#243	22	5,926
SG		0	#244	26	11,010
AO	Boys	0	#246	4	5,568
MX		0	#246	181	8,339
JM	Girls	0	#250	10	7,507
NA	Boys	0	#252	2	6,830
TW	Boys	0	#256	1	7,111
HR	Boys	0	#259	1	3,997
HR	Girls	0	#260	30	3,687
TW	Girls	0	#262	15	8,139
CN	Girls	0	#264	86	8,829
GR	Boys	0	#267	7	6,912
CM	Girls	0	#271	320	11,671
BO		0	#282	100	6,868
France	Girls	2021	#284	127	3,185
GH	Girls	0	#285	40	6,973
KZ	Boys	0	#291	6	6,578
Canada	Boys	1996	#298	5	1,867
CZ	Boys	0	#303	3	6,530
SA		0	#304	9	10,560
IT		0	#308	681	4,183
JO	Girls	0	#310	16	7,570
MY		0	#313	18	12,352
HK		0	#316	33	8,483
OM	Girls	0	#316	81	15,987
France	Boys	1983	#326	3	1,563
PT	Boys	0	#333	35	7,951
PL	Boys	0	#340	1	6,459
AE	Girls	0	#344	213	20,968
MU	Boys	0	#347	11	8,477
SD	Girls	0	#351	8	7,678
GH	Boys	0	#361	1	8,138
AR	Girls	0	#370	279	8,289
ZA		0	#383	65	14,421
EG		0	#385	16	6,387
UY	Boys	0	#386	14	5,922
YE		0	#395	4	8,639
BD	Girls	0	#400	7	8,413
PH	Boys	0	#405	4	11,440
KW	Girls	0	#424	92	19,177
SG	Girls	0	#439	149	18,916
AR	Boys	0	#457	11	7,628
PA	Boys	0	#461	21	9,305
GT	Boys	0	#462	13	7,625
IQ	Girls	0	#464	41	11,303
RU	Boys	0	#475	31	12,621
CR	Boys	0	#476	12	10,188
HK	Girls	0	#513	103	16,104
NG	Girls	0	#513	306	15,093
LB		0	#516	143	13,263
BH		0	#520	34	17,937
LY		0	#522	14	12,703
CM	Boys	0	#535	16	12,054
HK	Boys	0	#553	5	12,905
PS	Boys	0	#554	8	10,655
IR	Boys	0	#561	5	10,162
BO	Boys	0	#581	12	9,244
IL	Boys	0	#618	8	10,983
CL	Boys	0	#628	38	13,390
IN	Girls	0	#648	7	13,121
SY		0	#683	46	11,684
SG	Boys	0	#687	11	17,960
IQ	Boys	0	#692	6	13,071
TN		0	#694	136	13,765
CO	Boys	0	#709	216	15,656
BR	Boys	0	#719	33	12,213
QA	Boys	0	#738	6	18,093
KW	Boys	0	#758	12	18,755
SA	Girls	0	#789	147	25,931
PE	Boys	0	#795	84	14,506
MA		0	#819	317	20,986
ZA	Girls	0	#819	333	25,928
EG	Girls	0	#839	121	14,742
NG	Boys	0	#847	105	16,906
MY	Girls	0	#851	144	24,821
OM	Boys	0	#864	18	17,948
EG	Boys	0	#877	10	15,035
Spain	Boys	0	#892	39	5,610
United States	Boys	2021	#906	5	7,214
MX	Boys	0	#910	73	16,355
Germany	Boys	0	#930	23	5,697
IN	Boys	0	#1,037	3	16,750
TR		0	#1,055	157	19,440
DZ		0	#1,069	108	20,130
MY	Boys	0	#1,080	32	25,439
AE	Boys	0	#1,082	11	22,615
ZA	Boys	0	#1,089	90	25,619
IT	Boys	0	#1,342	130	10,046
SA	Boys	0	#1,594	21	28,008

Alexandra is popular in 99 countries — most recent births per country:

France

Norway

Ireland

Scotland, United Kingdom

Canada

Belgium

Brussels, Belgium

Flanders, Belgium

Wallonia, Belgium

Switzerland

Sweden

United States

Austria

New South Wales, Australia

Germany

England & Wales, United Kingdom

New York City (Hispanic), United States

New York City (White, non-Hispanic), United States

New York City (Asian & Pacific Islander), United States

New Zealand

Austria

Germany

Spain

Finland

Iceland

New York City (Black, non-Hispanic), United States

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