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Alexandra is already inconveniently long and is inevitably shortened - Alex and variants now, Sandra back in the 40s and 50s. And Alexandria adds yet another syllable, while converting itself to a geographical name as well. And I don't enjoy geographical names, or the nns for Alexandr(i)a. In the case of Alexander, I like Alec as a nn but it is seldom used, and in my experience never on a girl.