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Alexandra (Greek: Αλεξάνδρᾱ) is the feminine form of the given name Alexander, which is a romanization of the Greek name Αλέξανδρος (Alexandros). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb ἀλέξειν (alexein) "to defend" and the noun ἀνδρός (andros), genitive of ἀνήρ (anēr) "man". Thus it may be roughly translated as "protector of man". The earliest attested record of the name is the Mycenaean Alexandra, written in Linear B.^[1]

People

People with Alexandra as the full name

• Alexandra or Cassandra, a prophetess in Greek mythology
• Saint Alexandra, a martyr of the Diocletianic persecutions
• Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg (born 1964), former wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark
• Princess Alexandra of Kent (born 1936), Granddaughter of King George V
• Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (born 1970)
• Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (1870-1891)
• Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925), consort of King Edward
• Alexandra of Greece (1921-1993), last Queen consort of Yugoslavia, wife to Peter II
• Alexandra (singer) (1942-1969), German singer (stage name; real name Doris Nefedov)

People with the given name Alexandra

• Alexandra Burke, British singer
• Alexandra Caso, a Dominican Republic volleyball player
• Alexandra Charles, Swedish nightclub queen, often referred to as just Alexandra
• Alexandra Daddario, American actress
• Alexandra Dahlström, a Swedish actress
• Alexandra David-Néel, a French explorer, anarchist, spiritualist, Buddhist and writer
• Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse), wife of Nicholas II of Russia
• Alexandra Kollontai, Russian writer and politician
• Alexandra Lencastre, Portuguese actress and model
• Alexandra Mavrokordatou, Greek intellectual and salon hostess
• Alexandra Paul, American actress and model
• Alexandra Shiryayeva, a Russian beach volleyball player
• Alexandra Stevenson, an American pro-tennis ball player, daughter of Julius Erving
• Alexandra Tydings, an American actress
• Alexandra Tolstaya, daughter of Leo Tolstoy
• Alexz Johnson, star of The- N show, Instant Star
• Alexandra Maria Lara, a German actress
• Aleksandra Wozniak, a Canadian tennis player

Places

• Alexandra, New Zealand, town in the South Island
• Alexandra, Oldham, an electoral ward and locality of the town of Oldham, England
• Alexandra, Gauteng, township near Johannesburg
• Alexandra, Victoria, a rural town in Australia
• Alexandra Bridge, a Canadian inter-provincial bridge linking Gatineau, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario
• Alexandra Hospital, a Singaporean hospital

Other

• Alexandra's Project an Australian film starring Gary Sweet and Helen Buday
• Alexandra (poem), a poem by Mongane Wally Serote
• Alexandra (plant), a genus of flowering plants
• Alexandra (film), a 2007 film by Alexander Sokurov
• HMY Alexandra, a British royal yacht
• HMS Alexandra (1875), a British Victorian-era ironclad battleship
• 54 Alexandra, an asteroid
• Alexandra (1905 automobile), an early British automobile
• Alexandra School, the name of several schools around to world
• Crewe Alexandra F.C., an association football League Two club based in Crewe
• Mold Alexandra F.C., an association football club based in Mold, Wales
• Alexandra Athletic F.C., a 19th-century Scottish association football club

Shortened to

Variants

Alexandra has around 114 variant forms: Alandra, Alastrina, Alastriona, Alejanda, Alejandra, Alejandrina, Aleca, Aleka, Alekanederina, Aleki, Aleksandra, Alesandare, Alesandere, Alessanda, Alessandra, Alessandre, Alessandrina, Alessandrine, Alessia, Alex, Alee, Alexa, Alexie, Al, Allba, Alexanda, Alexanderia, Alexanderine, Alexandre, Alexandrea, Alexandreana, Alexandrena, Alexandrene, Alexandretta, Alexander, Alexandrina, Alexandrine, Alexea, Alexena, Alexene, Ala, Alexi, Alexia, Alexie, Alexina, Alexine, Alexis, allie Alexsandra, Ali, Aliki, Alissandre, Alissandrine, Alista, Alix, Alixandra, Alixandria, Alla, Allejandra, Allejandrina, Allessa, Allessandra, Alle, Allexa, Allexandra, Allexandrina, Allexina, Allexine, Alli, Allie, Allix, Ally, Alya, Alyxandra, Anda, Cesya, Dzana, Elena, Ellena, Lesy, Lesya, Lex, Lexa, Lexi, Lexie, Lexine, Lexy, Lisandra, Lisandrina, Lisandrine, Lissandra, Lissandre, Lissandrine, Sanda, Sande, Sandee, Sandi, Sandie, Sandra, Sandrina, Sandrine, Sandy, Sandye, Sanndra, Sannie, Sasa, Sasha, Sashenka, Sashi, Shura, Shurochka, Sinisa, Sohndra, Sondra, Xandra, Xandria, Zahndra, Zanda, Zandra, Zanndra, Zohndra and Zondra.

References

Alya

See also

• Alessandra
• Alexandria (disambiguation)
• Sandra (given name)

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Estonian

Proper noun

Aleksandra

1. A female given name, cognate to English Alexandra.
2. A transliteration of the Russian given name Александра (common among Estonian Russians).

Related terms

• Sandra

Finnish

Proper noun

Aleksandra

1. A female given name, cognate to Alexandra.

Declension

Related terms

• Sanni

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /alɛˈks̪an̪d̪ra/

Proper noun

Aleksandra f.

1. A female given name, cognate to Alexandra.

Declension

Related terms

• Ola (diminutive)

Serbian

Proper noun

Aleksandra f.

1. A female given name, cognate to Alexandra.