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It's one of the few names I really hate. It is just so unattractive to my ears. I know it is a classic in the sense that it has been used for a long time but if you look at the statistics you will notice that it never made the top 500 before 1967 and only started getting common in the mid 80s. To me it is a classic name that is super 80s/early 90s dated kind of like Stephanie.

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I would be surprised to see it on a baby it has been falling quickly in the last couple of years and is now out of the top 100. It was popular for an unusually short time which makes me guess that people just used it as a less trendy variant to Alexis, to get nicknames such as Alex and Lexi. I've never met an Alexandra who went by her full name in an english speaking country.

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I really dislike Alex. Alexa is lovely and works well as a full name. I much prefer it over Alexandra. I would also much prefer Alexandria which I like and the Italian Alessandra, even Alexis. The problem with Alexandras sound to me is the closeness of the harsh letter X followed by -andra, an ending I don't really like. Alexandria breaks this up a bit and Alessandra is softened a bit by the S sound in the middle.

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Alexandra nn Andie doesn't make too much sense to me, people will always assume her full name to be Andrea. I mean I get that you get it out of the -andra part but to me it is like Aaron nn Ron or something, just not that intuitive. Fender is hilarious :P I would hate to be called that but it will be fun for everyone around her.

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I am not a huge fan of Lexi but I prefer it over Alex, Andie and Fender. Sandy and Sasha are nice too but especially the latter might be a bit hard to explain. It is a traditional Russian nickname for both Alexandra and Alexander.

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Sorry I didn't mean to be too harsh, on the positive side it is a name that has been in use for a long time with many nickname options that isn't too popular anymore.