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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.

Alexandra has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Alexandra

Alexandra Kollontai Politician · Born 1872 · Soviet Union Alexandra Kollontai was a prominent Soviet politician and diplomat, known for being the first woman in history to hold a government position as a people's commissar. She played a crucial role in advocating for women's rights and social reforms in the early Soviet Union. Her work, including writings like 'The Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated Communist Woman', highlighted her commitment to gender equality and social change. Alexandra Daddario Actor · Born 1986 · United States Alexandra Daddario is an American actress best known for playing Annabeth Chase in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and its 2013 sequel. She was born on March 16, 1986. Alexandra Maria Lara Actor · Born 1978 · Germany Alexandra Maria Lara is a Romanian-German actress best known for her roles in films like Downfall, Control, and The Reader. Born in 1978, she has also appeared in Rush and Geostorm, and since 2022 she has served as co-president of the Deutsche Filmakademie.
Alexandra Shipp Actor · Born 1991 · United States Alexandra Shipp is an American actress and singer best known for playing Storm in the X-Men films. She also portrayed Aaliyah in Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B, appeared as Kimberly Woodruff in Straight Outta Compton, and starred in Love, Simon. Alexandra Burke Actor · Born 1988 · United Kingdom Alexandra Burke is an English singer and actress best known for winning The X Factor in 2008. She went on to release popular songs including "Hallelujah," "Bad Boys," and "Broken Heels." Alexandra Paul Actor · Born 1963 · United States Alexandra Paul is an American actress and activist, best known for playing Stephanie Holden on Baywatch. She started out modeling in New York and got one of her first major film roles in John Carpenter's Christine (1983).

Celebrity babies named Alexandra

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
NL
Scotland, United Kingdom

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People also ask about Alexandra

Alexandra is predominantly a girl's name.
Alexandra is a 4 syllable name, pronounced /ˌælɪkˈsændrə/ (AL-ik-SAN-druh).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Alejandra, Alessandra, Aleksandra, Alexandrina, Alexandrine and Alexandria.
Yes, very popular — Alexandra ranked #1 in Ireland in 2025, and appears in official birth registries across 16 countries.
Alexandra ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2025).
Alexandra's popularity is holding steady. It moved from #1 in 2015 to #1 in 2025 in Ireland.
Yes — 24 notable people named Alexandra are in our database, including Alexandra Kollontai (Politician), Alexandra Daddario (Actor), Alexandra Maria Lara (Actor).
Yes — at least 6 celebrity couples have chosen Alexandra for their child, including Patti Hansen and Keith Richards.