Alexandra - Meaning of Alexandra

What does Alexandra mean?

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Alexandra

[ 4 syll. a-le-xan-dra, al-exand-ra ] The baby boy name Alexandra is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is aeL-ahG-ZAEN-DRah (English), aa-LahK-SAAN-DRaa (Dutch), or aa-LehK-SAAN-DRaa (German) †. The origin of Alexandra is Old Greek. Alexandra is a variant of the name Alexander (Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic).

See also the related category greek.

Alexandra is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Alexandra, Alexander was the most regularly used in 2018. Alexandra has in the past century been predominantly given to girls.

Baby names that sound like Alexandra include Alecander, Alecsander, Aleczander, Aleksandar, Aleksander, Aleksandr, Aleksandro, Aleksandur, Alekzander, Alesander, Alesandro, Alesandros, Alessander, Alessandre, Alessandri, Alessandro, Alexander, Alexandr, Alexandro, and Alexandros.

† Pronunciation for Alexandra: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; G as in "grin (G.R.IH.N)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)"