Meaning & History
Variant of Sandra. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by a character in Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy (1925) and the subsequent movie adaptation (1931).
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesAlexandra(Ancient Greek) Aliaksandra, Alesya(Belarusian) Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Asya, Sashka(Bulgarian) Alexandra(Catalan) Aleksandra, Sandra, Sanda, Saša(Croatian) Alexandra, Sandra(Czech) Alexandra, Sandra(Danish) Alexandra, Sandra, Alex, Xandra(Dutch) Aleksandra(Estonian) Aleksandra(Finnish) Alexandra, Sandra, Alexandrie, Alexandrine, Sandrine(French) Aleksandra(Georgian) Alexandra, Sandra, Alexa(German) Alexandra, Aleka(Greek) Alexandra(Greek Mythology) Alexandra, Alexa, Szandra(Hungarian) Alexandra, Sandra(Icelandic) Alastríona(Irish) Alessandra, Sandra, Alessa(Italian) Aleksandra, Sandra, Sanda, Santa(Latvian) Aleksandra, Sandra(Lithuanian) Aleksandra, Sandra, Sashka, Saška(Macedonian) Alexandra, Sandra(Norwegian) Aleksandra, Sandra, Ola(Polish) Alexandra, Alexandrina, Sandra(Portuguese) Alexandra, Alexandrina, Sandra, Andra, Sanda(Romanian) Aleksandra, Alexandra, Aleks, Aleksandrina, Alesya, Alya, Asya, Sanya, Sasha, Shura(Russian) Aleksandra, Sandra, Saša(Serbian) Alexandra(Slovak) Aleksandra, Sandra, Alja, Saša, Saška(Slovene) Alejandra, Sandra, Ale(Spanish) Alexandra, Sandra, Sassa(Swedish) Aleksandra, Alexandra, Oleksandra, Aleks, Lesya, Olesya, Sasha(Ukrainian)