Aleksandra

Girl · Greek

Aleksandra

Say it: ah-lek-SAHN-drah

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Meaning

From Greek alexein 'to defend' and aner, andros 'man'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Common in Poland and Serbia in the late 20th century.

Its wave through time

Popular now

In the United States

2,847 babies given this name since 1965
At its height in 2008, about 1 in 15,000 girls
71 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Polish Serbian Bulgarian Russian

The family of the name

Other spellings: Ola

Czech	Alexandra
Russian	Aleksandra
Ukrainian	Oleksandra
Serbian	Aleksandra
Bulgarian	Aleksandra
Greek	Alexandra

Famous bearers

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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