Alessandra - Meaning of Alessandra

What does Alessandra mean?

[ 4 syll. a-les-san-dra, al-essand-ra ] The baby girl name Alessandra is pronounced aa-Leh-SSAE-NDRah- †. Alessandra is of Old Greek origin. It is used mainly in English, Italian, and Spanish.

In addition, Alessandra is an English, Italian, and Spanish form of Alexandra.

Forms of Alessandra include the name Alesandra, the name Alessandria, the Italian Alessandrina, the Italian Alessandrine, the name Alissandra, the name Allessandra, and the name Alysandra. Variant forms inherit the origin and meaning of the name Alessandra. The shortenings Al, Alessa (English and Italian), and Sandra (English, Estonian, French, German, Italian, and Spanish), and the familiar forms Alessia (Italian and Spanish), Alley, and Sandy (English) are other variants of the name.

Alessandra is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1980s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the modest peak of its usage in 2006, 0.044% of baby girls were named Alessandra. It was #361 in rank then. In 2011, it ranked at #397 with a usage of 0.041%, and it was the 2nd most popular after Alexandra, out of all girl names in its family. It was 5 times more popular than Alessandra in 2011.

Baby names that sound like Alessandra include Alajandra, Alecsandra, Aleczandra, Aleksandra, Alesandra, Alexandra, Alexandrie, Alexsandra, Alexzandra, Alissandra, Alissandre, Allessandra, Alysandra, Alyssandra, Alyxandra, Alecsandria, Aleczandria, Alessandria, Alexandre, and Alexandrea.

† Pronunciation for Alessandra: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"

A famous person named Alessandra is Model, Alessandra Ambrosio, born 11 April 1981, Erexim, Brazil.