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 [ 5 syll. a-le-xan-dria, al-exandr-ia ] The girl name Alexandria is pronounced as AELahGZAENDRiyah KEY. Alexandria is used chiefly in the English language and its origin is Old Greek. Alexandria is a variant of the name Alexandra (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish). Alexandria is a popular baby girl name. The name's popularity rose from the 1960s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of very modest use only. Its usage peaked in 1993 with 0.256% of baby girls being given the name Alexandria. It had a ranking of #69 then. The baby name has fallen in popularity since then. In 2008, its usage was 0.087% and its ranking #189. Among the family of girl names directly linked to Alexandria, Alexandra (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish) was the most commonly used. In 2008, the name was thrice as popular as Alexandria. Baby names that sound like Alexandria include Alajandra (Spanish), Aleksandra (Polish, Russian, and Slavic), Alessandra (Italian and Spanish), and Alexandra (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish). A famous person named Alexandria is Actress Sandra Dee, born Alexandria Zuck 23 April 1944 - 20 February 2005, Bayonne, New Jersey. KEY: Pronunciation for Alexandria: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.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)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
