Overview
Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man". The name Alexandra was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". The earliest attested form of the name is the Mycenaean Greek ( or //), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alexandra and its masculine equivalent, Alexander, are both common names in Greece as well as countries where Germanic, Romance, and Slavic languages are spoken.
Variants
Alejandra, Alejandrina (diminutive) (Spanish)
Aleksandra (Александра) (Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian)
Alessandra (Italian)
Alessia (Italian)
Alex (various languages)
Alexa (English, Romanian, Spanish)
Alexandra (English, German, Dutch, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Catalan, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology)
Alexis, English
Aliaksandra (Belarusian)
Alikhandra /اليخاندرا (Egyptian)
Alissandra/Alyssandra (Sicilian, Greek)
Allie (English)
Ally (English)
Alya (Russian)
Ālēkjāndrā / আলেকজান্দ্রা (Bengali)
Αλεξάνδρα (Greek)
Leska (Czech)
Lesya (Ukrainian)
Lexa (English)
Lexie (English)
Lexine (English)
Lexi (English)
Lexy (English)
Oleksandra (Ukrainian)
Sacha (French)
Sanda (Romanian)
Sandie (English)
Sandra (Danish, Dutch, English, Polish, Estonian, Italian, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Swedish)
Sandy (English)
Sascha (German)
Sasha (Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, English, Spanish)
Saskia (Slavic)
Saundra (English, Scottish)
Saša (Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovene)
Saška (Serbian)
Shura (Russian)
Sondra (English)
Szandra (Hungarian)
People with the name
Royalty
Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) (1872–1918), last Empress consort of Russia and the wife of Nicholas II of Russia.
Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia) (1798–1860), Empress consort of Russia and the wife of Nicholas I of Russia
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