Alessandra

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Alessandra

Say it: ah-les-SAN-drah

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Meaning

Feminine of Alessandro, from Greek Alexandros, from alexein 'to defend' and aner, andros 'man'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Common among Florentine patrician families in the 15th century and widely used in Italy in the 20th.

Its wave through time

Popular now

In the United States

20,990 babies given this name since 1943
At its height in 2015, about 1 in 1,600 girls
837 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

English	Alexandra
Greek	Alexandra
Spanish	Alejandra
French	Alexandra

Famous bearers

Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi, Florentine letter writer

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Where this comes from

Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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