Meaning & History
Originally a diminutive of Alexander. As a feminine name it is a diminutive of Alexandra or Sandra. It can also be given in reference to the colour.
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VariantsAl, Alec, Alex, Alexa, Alexina, Ali, Allie, Ally, Lex, Lexa, Lexi, Lexie, Lexine, Lexy, Sandie, Xander, Zander, Zandra, Alyx, Drina
DiminutiveLexa
Feminine FormsAlexandra, Alexandrea, Alexandria
Other Languages & CulturesAleksandër, Skënder(Albanian) Eskender, Eskinder(Amharic) Alexander, Alexandra, Alexandros(Ancient Greek) Iskandar(Arabic) Aleksandr, Aleks(Armenian) Alesander(Basque) Aliaksandr, Aliaksandra, Alesya(Belarusian) Alexander(Biblical) Alexandros(Biblical Greek) Aleksandar, Skender(Bosnian) Aleksandar, Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Asya, Sashka, Sasho(Bulgarian) Alexandra, Alexandre, Àlex(Catalan) Aleksandar, Aleksandra, Sandra, Sanda, Sandi, Saša(Croatian) Alexandr, Alexandra, Sandra, Aleš, Alex(Czech) Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Aleksander, Alex, Sander(Danish) Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Alex, Lex, Sacha, Sander, Sascha, Xander, Xandra(Dutch) Aleksandro, Aleĉjo(Esperanto) Aleksander, Aleksandra, Sander(Estonian) Aleksandra, Aleksanteri, Ale, Samppa, Santeri, Santtu(Finnish) Alexandra, Alexandre, Sandra, Alex, Alexandrie, Alexandrine, Sandrine, Sasha(French) Alexandre(Galician) Aleksandra, Aleksandre, Sandro(Georgian) Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Alex, Alexa(German) Alexandra, Alexandros, Aleka, Alekos, Alex(Greek) Alexander, Alexandra, Alexandros(Greek Mythology) Alexander, Alexandra, Alex, Alexa, Sándor, Sanyi, Szandra(Hungarian) Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Alex(Icelandic) Iskandar(Indonesian) Alastar, Alastríona(Irish) Alessandra, Alessandro, Sandra, Ale, Alessa, Sandro(Italian) Aleksandra, Aleksandrs, Sandra, Alekss, Sanda, Santa(Latvian) Aleksandra, Aleksandras, Sandra(Lithuanian) Aleksandar, Aleksandra, Sandra, Aca, Ace, Aco, Sashka, Sasho, Saška, Saško, Sašo(Macedonian) Iskandar(Malay) Aleksander, Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Alex, Sander(Norwegian) Sikandar(Pashto) Eskandar(Persian) Aleksander, Aleksandra, Sandra, Aleks, Ola, Olek(Polish) Alexandra, Alexandre, Alexandrina, Sandra, Alex, Xande, Xandinho(Portuguese) Alexandra, Alexandrina, Alexandru, Sandra, Alex, Andra, Sanda, Sandu(Romanian) Aleksandr, Aleksandra, Alexandr, Alexandra, Alexsandr, Aleks, Aleksandrina, Alesya, Alex, Alik, Alya, Asya, Olesya, Sanya, Sasha, Sashenka, Sashok, Shura(Russian) Sawney(Scots) Alastair, Alistair, Alister, Ally(Scottish) Alasdair(Scottish Gaelic) Aleksandar, Aleksandra, Sandra, Aca, Aco, Saša(Serbian) Alexander, Alexandra, Aleš(Slovak) Aleksander, Aleksandra, Sandra, Aleks, Aleš, Alja, Sandi, Saša, Saška, Sašo(Slovene) Alejandra, Alejandro, Sandra, Ale, Álex(Spanish) Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Alex, Sassa(Swedish) İskender(Turkish) Aleksandr, Aleksandra, Alexandra, Oleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksandra, Aleks, Lesya, Oles, Olesya, Sasha(Ukrainian) Sikandar(Urdu) Sender(Yiddish)
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