Girl · Greek
Alexa
Say it: uh-LEK-suh
Meaning
A short form of Alexandra, from Greek alexein 'to defend' and anēr, andros 'man'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Popular in the US from the 1990s to the 2010s, declining after Amazon named its voice assistant Alexa in 2014.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2010s
In the United States
- 129,423 babies given this name since 1916
- At its height in 2015, about 1 in 294 girls
- 1,277 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Aleksa
| German | Alexa |
|---|---|
| Serbian | Aleksa |
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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