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 [ 3 syll. a-le-xa, al-exa ] The girl name Alexa is pronounced as ahLEHKSah KEY. Alexa is largely used in the English, German, Hungarian, and Spanish languages. It is derived from Old Greek origins. Alexa is an English, German, Hungarian, and Spanish short form of the name Alexandra (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish). Alexa is also an English form of the name Alexis (English, German, and Spanish). See also the related forms, Alex (English and German) and Alex (English). Alexa is very popular as a baby girl name, and it is also viewed as trendy. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1970s; before that, it was of very light use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2006, 0.293% of baby girls were given the name Alexa. It had a ranking of #39 then. In 2008, its usage was 0.251% and its ranking #50, and it was the 2nd most popular after Alexis (English, German, and Spanish), within all girl names in its family. In 2008, it was more commonly used than Alexa by 86% . Baby names that sound like Alexa include Alaisa (English), Alaqua, Alaska (English), Alecia (English), Aleeza (English and Hebrew), Aleka (Greek and Spanish), Alekko (Slavic), Aleksey (Russian and Slavic), Aleksi (Slavic), Alesha (Russian and English), Aleshia (English), Aleska (Polish), Alessa (Italian), Aletia (Hawaiian), Alexi (English), Alexie (English and German), Alexiou (Greek), Alexis (English, German, and Spanish), Alica (Czech, Slavic, and English), and Alicia (English, Latinized, Spanish, and Scandinavian). KEY: Pronunciation for Alexa: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
