Gender Feminine
Usage English, German, Dutch, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Catalan, Russian, Ukrainian, Ancient Greek [1], Greek Mythology
Scripts Αλεξάνδρα(Greek) Александра(Russian, Ukrainian) Ἀλεξάνδρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /ˌæl.ɨɡ.ˈzæn.dɹə/(English) /a.lɛ.ˈksan.dʁa/(German) /aː.lɛk.ˈsɑn.draː/(Dutch) /a.lɛk.zɑ̃.dʁa/(French) /a.lɛ.ˈksan.ðɾa/(Greek) /ɐ.lɨ.ˈʃɐ̃.dɾɐ/(European Portuguese) /a.le.ˈʃɐ̃.dɾɐ/(Brazilian Portuguese) /a.le.ˈksan.dra/(Romanian) /ˈa.lɛk.san.dra/(Czech, Slovak) /ˈɒ.lɛk.sɒn.drɒ/(Hungarian) /a.le.ksán.draː/(Classical Greek) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Feminine form of Alexander. In Greek mythology this was a Mycenaean epithet of the goddess Hera, and an alternate name of Cassandra. It was borne by several early Christian saints, and also by the wife of Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia. She was from Germany and had the birth name Alix, but was renamed Александра (Aleksandra) upon joining the Russian Church.
Related Names
VariantsAlexandrea, Alexandria, Alexandrina(English) Alexandrie(French) Alexandrina(Portuguese) Alexandrina(Romanian) Aleksandra(Russian) Aleksandra, Oleksandra(Ukrainian)
DiminutivesAlex, Alexa, Alexina, Ali, Allie, Ally, Lexa, Lexi, Lexie, Lexine, Lexy, Sandie, Sandy, Zandra, Alyx, Drina(English) Alexa(German) Alex, Xandra(Dutch) Alexandrine(French) Sassa(Swedish) Aleka(Greek) Andra, Sanda(Romanian) Alexa, Szandra(Hungarian) Aleks, Aleksandrina, Alesya, Alya, Asya, Sanya, Sasha, Sashenka, Shura(Russian) Aleks, Lesya, Olesya, Sasha(Ukrainian)
Masculine FormsAlexander(English) Alexander(German) Alexander(Dutch) Alexandre(French) Alexander(Swedish) Aleksander, Alexander(Norwegian) Alexander(Danish) Alexander(Icelandic) Alexandros(Greek) Alexandre(Portuguese) Alexandru(Romanian) Alexandr(Czech) Alexander(Slovak) Alexander(Hungarian) Alexandre(Catalan) Alexander, Alexandros(Ancient Greek) Alexander, Alexandros(Greek Mythology)
Other Languages & CulturesAliaksandra, Alesya(Belarusian) Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Asya, Sashka(Bulgarian) Aleksandra, Sanda, Sandra, Saša(Croatian) Aleksandra(Estonian) Aleksandra(Finnish) Aleksandra(Georgian) Alastríona(Irish) Alessandra, Alessa, Sandra(Italian) Aleksandra, Sanda, Sandra, Santa(Latvian) Aleksandra, Sandra(Lithuanian) Aleksandra, Sandra, Sashka, Saška(Macedonian) Aleksandra, Ola, Sandra(Polish) Aleksandra, Sandra, Saša(Serbian) Aleksandra, Alja, Sandra, Saša, Saška(Slovene) Alejandra, Ale, Sandra(Spanish)
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Sources & References
- Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Ἀλεξάνδρα.
