Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ).
Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb  (; meaning 'to defend') and  (; GEN , ; meaning 'man').
Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man"..
The name Alexandra was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors".
The earliest attested form of the name is the Mycenaean Greek  ( or //), written in the Linear B syllabic script.Tablet MY V 659 (61).
Variants
Alejandra, Alejandrina (diminutive) (Spanish)
Aleksandra (Александра) (Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian)
Alessandra (Italian)
Alessia (Italian)
Alex (various languages)
Alexa (English, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish)
Alexandra (English, Romanian Portuguese)
Alexis, English
Aliaksandra (Belarusian)
Alikhandra /اليخاندرا (Egyptian)
Alissandra/Alyssandra (Sicilian, Greek)
Allie (English)
Ally (English)
Alya (Russian)
Ālēkjāndrā / আলেকজান্দ্রা (Bengali)
Αλεξάνδρα (Greek)
Leska (Czech)
Lesya (Ukrainian)
Lexa (English)
Lexie (English)
Lexine (English)
Lexy (English)
Oleksandra (Ukrainian)
Sacha (French)
Sanda (Romanian)
Sandie (English)
Sandra (Danish, Dutch, English, Polish, Estonian, Italian, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Swedish)
Sandy (English)
Sascha (German)
Sasha (Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, English, Spanish)
Saskia (Slavic)
Saundra (English, Scottish)
Saša (Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovene)
Saška (Serbian)
Shura (Russian)
Sondra (English)
Szandra (Hungarian)
People
People whose full name is Alexandra
Alexandra or Cassandra, a prophetess in Greek mythology
Saint Alexandra, a martyr of the Diocletianic persecutions
Alexandra, sister of the Rhetor Calliopius of Antioch
Alexandra (singer) (1942–1969), German singer (stage name; real name Doris Nefedov)
Princess Alexandra (disambiguation), list of princesses named Alexandra.
Nobility
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor - the personal name of Queen Elizabeth II.
Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia
Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925), Queen consort of the United Kingdom, Empress consort of India as the wife of King-Emperor Edward VII
Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia, formerly Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870–1891)
Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia, formerly Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1921–1993)
Princess Alexandra of Greece (born 1968), first daughter of Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark and his wife (née Marina Karella)
Alexandra Feodorovna (formerly Alix of Hesse), Emperess of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicholas II.
People with the given name Alexandra
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu (born 1986), Romanian singer, better known as Inna
Alexandra Ashley Hughes (born 1985), Canadian singer-songwriter
Alexandra Asimaki, Greek water polo player
Alexandra Boyko (1916–1996), Russian tank commander
Alexandra Botez (born 1995), American-Canadian chess player and Twitch streamer
Alexandra Breckenridge (born 1982), American actress, model, photographer
Alexandra Brooks (born 1995), English footballer
Alexandra Brushtein (1884–1968), Russian and Soviet writer, playwright, and memoirist
Alexandra Burke (born 1988), British singer
Alexandra W. Busch (born 1975), German Roman archaeologist
Alexandra Caso (born 1987), Dominican Republic volleyball player
Alexandra Chalupa, American pro-Ukrainian activist
Alexandra Chando (born 1986), American actress
Alexandra Charles (born 1946), Swedish "nightclub queen"
Alexandra Daddario (born 1986), American actress
Alexandra Dahlström (born 1984), Swedish actress
Alexandra Dariescu (born 1985), Romanian pianist
Alexandra David-Néel (1868–1969), French explorer and spiritualist
Allie DeBerry (born 1994), American actress and model
Alexandra Duel-Hallen, American electrical engineer
Alexandra Dulgheru (born 1989), Romanian tennis player
Alexandra Eade (born 1998), Australian artistic gymnast
Aleksandra von Engelhardt (1754–1838), Russian lady-in-waiting
Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) (1872–1918), Tsarina of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia)  (1798–1860), Empress consort of Russia
Alexandra Flood (born 1990), Australian operatic soprano
Alexandra Fusai (born 1973), French tennis player
(born 1954), Polish journalist and politician
Alexz Johnson (born 1986), Canadian actress
R. Alexandra Keith (born 1967/1968), American businesswoman
Alex Kingston (born 1963), English actress
Alexandra "Alix" Klineman (born 1989), American volleyball player
Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952), Russian politician
Alexandra Kosteniuk (born 1984), Russian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010.
Ali Krieger (born 1984), American soccer player
Alexandra Kropotkin (1887–1966), Russian-American émigré, writer
Alexandra Lencastre (born 1965), Portuguese actress
Allie Long (born 1987), American soccer player
Alexandra Măceșanu (2003–2019), Romanian teenage girl and murder victim who was kidnapped in Caracal, Olt County, Romania in 2019
Alexandra Mardell (born 1993), English actress
Alexandra Maria Lara (born 1978), German actress
Alexandra Mavrokordatou (1605–1684), Greek intellectual
Alexandra Irina Măruță (born 1986), Romanian singer, better known as Andra
Alex Morgan (born 1989), American soccer player
Alexandra Osborne (born 1995), Australian tennis player
Alexandra Panova (born 1989), Russian tennis player
Alexandra Papageorgiou, Greek hammer thrower
Alexandra Park (actress) (born 1989), Australian actress
Alexandra Paschalidou-Moreti, Greek architect
Alexandra Patsavas (born 1968), Greek-American music supervisor
Alexandra Paul (born 1963), American actress
Alexandra Phillips (disambiguation), several people
Alexandra Pringle (born 1952/1953), British publisher
Aly Raisman (born 1994), American gymnast
Alexandra Shiryayeva (born 1983), Russian beach volleyball player
Alexandra Sidorovici (1906–2000), Romanian politician
Alexandra Smirnoff (1838–1913) Finnish pomologist
Alexandra Sokoloff, American novelist and screenwriter
Alexandra Stan (born 1989), Romanian singer
Alexandra Stevenson (born 1980), American tennis player
Alexandra Tolstaya (1884–1979), daughter of Leo Tolstoy
Alexandra Trusova (born 2004), Russian figure skater
Alexandra Tsiavou, Greek rower
Alexandra Tydings (born 1972), American actress
Alexandra Valetta-Ardisson (born 1976), French politician
Alexandra Vinogradova, Russian volleyball player
Alexandra Waterbury, American ballet dancer and model
Aleksandra Wozniak (born 1987), Canadian tennis player
Alexandra Zaretsky (born 1987), Israeli ice dancer
People with the given name Aleksandra
Aleksandra Andreevna Antonova (1932–2014), Russian, Kildin Sámi teacher, writer, poet, translator
Aleksandra Avramović (born 1982), Serbian volleyball player
Aleksandra Crnčević (born 1987), Serbian volleyball player
Aleksandra Crvendakić (born 1996), Serbian basketball player
Aleksandra Cvetićanin (born 1993), Serbian volleyball player
Aleksandra Dimitrova (born 2000), Russian chess master
Aleksandra Dulkiewicz (born 1979), Polish lawyer
Aleksandra Krunić (born 1993), Serbian tennis player
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (born 2002), Russian chess master
Aleksandra Przegalińska (born 1982), Polish futurist
Aleksandra Ranković (born 1980), Serbian volleyball player
Aleksandra Stepanović (born 1994), Serbian volleyball player
Aleksandra Vukajlović (born 1997), Serbian handball player
Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm (born 1949), Polish writer
Fictional characters
Alexandra Mack, a.k.a. Alex Mack, main character in the popular American television series The Secret World of Alex Mack
Alexandra Brooks DiMera, a.k.a. Lexie Carver, character on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
Alexandra Nuñez, a.k.a. Alex Nuñez, character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
Alexandra Margarita Russo, a.k.a. Alex Russo, character in Wizards of Waverly Place
Alexandra, Nikita character
Alexandra Dunphy, a.k.a. Alex Dunphy, character in the popular American Television series Modern Family
Alexandra Grey, a.k.a. Lexie Grey, character in the American Television Drama Grey's Anatomy
Alexandra "Alex" Cahill, character in the American Television series Walker, Texas Ranger
Alexandra Borgia, an Assistant District Attorney in Law & Order, played by Annie Parisse
Alexandra Cabot, an Assistant District Attorney in Law & Order Special Victims Unit, played by Stephanie March
Alexandra Eames, a detective in Law & Order Criminal Intent, played by Kathryn Erbe
Alexandra Garcia, a character in the anime and manga series Kuroko's Basketball
Aleksandra Billewicz, a character in Deluge by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Alexandra Vladimirovna Litvyak, a.k.a. Sanya V. Litvyak, a character from the anime/manga franchise Strike Witches
Aleksandra 'Zarya' Zaryanova, a Russian weightlifter turned soldier in Overwatch (video game)
Alexandra Vause, a.k.a. Alex Vause, imprisoned drug dealer and love interest to protagonist to Piper Chapman in Orange Is The New Black.
Alexandra Danvers, a.k.a. Alex Danvers, Kara Danvers' sister in Supergirl.
Alexandra, the main antagonist in the Wildwood Chronicles
Alexandra Finch, sister of Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird
See also
Alexandra Park (disambiguation)
Alessandra
Alexandria (given name)
Sandra (given name)
Alexander
Alexis (given name)
References
