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 [ 4 syll. a-les-san-dra, al-essand-ra ] The girl name Alessandra is pronounced AELehSAENDRah KEY. Alessandra is of Old Greek origin. It is used mainly in Italian and Spanish. Alessandra is a variant form of the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish Alexandra. Variants of the name include the Italian short form Alessa and the English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish short form Sandra. Alessandra is rather popular as a baby girl name, and it is also perceived as trendy. 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 2008, it ranked at #407 with a usage of 0.038%, and it was the 2nd most popular after the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish Alexandra, out of all girl names in its family. It was 6 times more popular than Alessandra in 2008. Baby names that sound like Alessandra include the Spanish Alajandra, the Polish, Russian, and Slavic Aleksandra, the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish Alexandra, and the English Alexandria. A famous person named Alessandra is Model, Alessandra Ambrosio, born 11 April 1981, Erexim, Brazil. KEY: English pronunciation for Alessandra: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
