Girl · Greek
Alejandra
Say it: ah-leh-HAHN-drah
Meaning
Feminine of Alejandro, from Greek alexein 'to defend' and anēr 'man'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 51,943 babies given this name since 1900
- At its height in 1994, about 1 in 816 girls
- 551 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ale
| Portuguese | Alexandra |
|---|---|
| Italian | Alessandra |
Famous bearers
- Alejandra Pizarnik, Argentine poet
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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