I used to prefer
Alexandria when I was a kid but these days I prefer
Alexandra.
I love the sound of it but with how common
Alexander and
Alexandra were when I was a kid it does feel a bit bland / stale to me. Most of the
Alexandra's and
Alexander's I knew went by
Alex. Though I also knew a few boy's who went by
Sasha. For the girls I also knew one
Ally, two
Alexa's, one
Sasha, one
Lex, and one
Lexi. I also knew of one or two girl's whose names were just
Alexa but they were more in my younger sister's age group. I also got the impression that in my sister's age group that the nn
Alex had fallen out of style and most
Alexandra's were going by
Lex or
Lexi.
My granduncle's son goes by
Sandy which I think is a cute
Alexander nn. But he's around 10 years younger than my parents and I think
Sandy was probably a more common nn at the time. I have never actually met an
Alexander who went by
Xander before except in
Buffy.
Alex,
Alexei,
Allie,
Andie,
Sandie, and Xan are my favorite nn's for
Alexandra.
Alexa is also nice and so are
Lex and
Lexi. I hate the names / nn
Alexis and Lexis.
Alexa,
Lex, and
Lexi are just too trendy for my tastes. Also
Alexa makes me think of the Amazon device. I prefer
Sasha and
Sandy as nn for a boy.
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Favorite Names:
Leona,
Fiona,
Artemis,
Hazel,
Luna,
Serafina,
Adelina,
Callisto,
Stella,
Aurora,
Ursa,
Augustine, Citrina,
Vivian,
Dorothea,
Eleanor,
Iris, Maple.
Kieran,
Rowan,
Cedar,
Connor,
Arthur,
Magnus,
Finn,
Theron,
Xavier,
Teagan,
Quinn,
Cedric,
Adrian,
Julian,
Tristan,
Gavin, Gryphon.
This message was edited 11/20/2016, 3:57 AM