Alexandra

alexandra English 54 + +, New Zealand Etymology From en grc Ἀλεξάνδρα, from grc ἀλέξω to defend ἀνδρός ἀνδρ- stem of grc ἀνήρ man 1. Feminine form of Alexander (“the man who repels [enemies]”). The community in Prince Edward Island is named after Queen Alexandra (1844–1925). Pronunciation en /ˌæ.lɪɡˈzæn.dɹə/ /ˌæ.lɪɡˈzɑn.dɹə/ GA en /ˌæ.lɪɡˈzɑːn.dɹə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Alexandra.wav Southern England en [ˌæ.lɪɡˈzeən.dɹə] æ-tensing,rhotic en [ˌæ.lɪɡˈzeən.dɹə] æ-tensing,non-rhotic en Al ex an dra en ɑ(ː)ndɹə ændɹə 4 Proper noun ~ en female Ancient Greek. en 1863 Alfred Tennyson A Welcome to Alexandra Sea-king's daughter from over the sea, / Alexandra! / Saxon and Norman and Dane are we, / But all of us Danes in our welcome of thee, / Alexandra! en 2008 w:Philip Hensher The Northern Clemency 588 HarperCollins 9780007174799 'I had a Christmas card from someone calling herself Alex the year before last,' Daniel said. 'I couldn't think who it was.''Oh, yes, she's changed again,' Alice said. 'I never got used to Alexandra, either. It never occurred to me that Sandra was short for Alexandra - anyway, she's Sandra on her birth certificate.' en astronomy 54 Alexandra, a main belt asteroid; named for German explorer Alexander von Humboldt. en community/and/rural municipality county/Queens County p/Prince Edward Island c/Canada. en town r/Otago c/New Zealand. en town shire:Pref/Murrindindi central eastern s/Victoria c/Australia. Derived terms en Alexandra palm Alexandran Alexandrian Alexandra limp Related terms en Alex Alexa Lexa Lexi Lexie Sandy Sandra Sasha Translations female given name Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 亞歷山德拉 Yàlìshāndélā Czech: cs Alexandra Danish: da Alexandra Dutch: nl Alexandra f Estonian: et Aleksandra Faroese: fo Aleksandra f Finnish: fi Aleksandra French: fr Alexandra German: de Alexandra Greek: el Αλεξάνδρα f Mycenaean Greek: gmy 𐀀𐀩𐀏𐀭𐀅𐀨 f Icelandic: is Alexandra f Ingrian: izh Oleksandra Italian: it Alessandra Japanese: ja アレクサンドラ Arekusandora Latin: la Alexandra f Latvian: lv Aleksandra f Macedonian: mk Алекса́ндра f Malay: ms Iskandariah Manx: gv Alistreeney f Norwegian: no Alexandra Polish: pl Aleksandra f Portuguese: pt Alexandra f Romanian: ro Alexandra f Russian: ru Алекса́ндра f Spanish: es Alejandra Swedish: sv Alexandra Asteroid Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 哲女星 en Asteroids en eponyms Czech cs: Etymology cs grc Ἀλεξάνδρα. Feminine form of cs Alexandr. Pronunciation Proper noun f cs female Alexandra Ancient Greek Declension f Danish Etymology From da grc Ἀλεξάνδρα. Feminine form of da Alexander. Proper noun da female Alexandra Ancient Greek Related terms da Sandra, da Sascha Dutch Etymology From nl grc Ἀλεξάνδρα. Feminine form of nl Alexander. Pronunciation nl Nl-Alexandra.ogg Proper noun f nl female Alexandra Ancient Greek Related terms nl Sandra French Etymology fr grc Ἀλεξάνδρα. Feminine form of fr Alexandre. Pronunciation fr Fr-Paris--Alexandra.ogg Paris fr Fr-Alexandra.ogg fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Alexandra.wav France Proper noun f fr female Alexandra Ancient Greek Related terms fr Sandra, fr Sandrine German Etymology de grc Ἀλεξάνδρα, from grc ἀλέξω to defend + grc ἀνδρ-, the stem of grc ἀνήρ man. Feminine form of de Alexander. Pronunciation de /alɛˈksandʁa/ de De-Alexandra.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Ale xan dra Proper noun de proper noun de female Alexandra Ancient Greek Alexander Related terms de Sandra Icelandic is: Etymology is grc Ἀλεξάνδρα. Feminine form of is Alexander. Proper noun @@ is female Alexandra Declension f Norwegian Bokmål Alexandra,no:Aleksandra Alternative forms nb Aleksandra Etymology The feminine counterpart of nb Alexander. nb la Alexandra female given name, from nb grc Ἀλεξάνδρα Alexándra, the feminine form of grc Ἀλέξανδρος Aléxandros male given name. The name is traditionally analysed as grc ἀλέξω aléxō to ward off, defend and grc ἀνήρ anḗr man, genitive grc ἀνδρός andrós, hence “defender of men” or “protector of men”. Compare da Alexandra, sv Alexandra, is Alexandra, en Alexandra and de Alexandra female given name. Pronunciation nb /a.lɛkˈsan.dra/ nb andra 4 nb Aleksandra nb A lex an dra Proper noun nb proper noun nb female Latin < Ancient Greek Alexandra, the feminine form of nb Alexander. Usage notes The Norwegian name day for nb Alexandra is 17 February, shared with nb Sandra and nb Sondre. Derived terms nb Alex short form, nickname or pet form nb Sandra short form Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 2,073 women in Norway had nb Alexandra as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.“10501: Persons, by year and first name”, Statistics Norway. References “Aleksandra” in Store norske leksikon “Alexandra” at Nordic Names Alexandra Aleksandra no Portuguese Pronunciation [x:sh] pt ɐ̃dɾɐ 4 pt A le xan dra Proper noun f + Alexandre pt female Alexandra Ancient Greek Related terms pt Alexandre masculine form pt Xana pet form Romanian Alternative forms ro Александра new cyrl Pronunciation ro /a.lekˈsan.dra/ ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Alexandra.wav ro andra 4 ro A le xan dra Proper noun f Alexandrei Alexandru ro female Alexandra Ancient Greek Slovak Etymology sk :bor grc:Ἀλεξάνδρα + 1 Pronunciation loan Proper noun f Saška,Šurka sk female Alexandra Alexander Ancient Greek Declension f Derived terms sk Hypocoristics Xandra Sandra Saša Šura Alexa Further reading Swedish Etymology From sv grc Ἀλεξάνδρα. Feminine form of sv Alexander. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Alexandra.wav Proper noun c sv female Alexandra Ancient Greek Related terms sv Sandra