Name: Alexandra
Gender: Female
Usage: Alexandra, of basque origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Alexandra are in general originating from Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Alexandra across the world, see Alexander.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Alexandra is: Defending men, Protector of mankind.
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Numerology of the first name Alexandra: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Alexandra is ranked on the 385th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 1689800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.024% of the population. The name Alexandra has nine characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Alexandra for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Alexandra is 3 March.
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History and Origin
Alexandra (Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρα) is the feminine form of the given name Alexander, which is a romanization of the Greek name Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexandros). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb ἀλέξειν (alexein) "to defend" and ἀνήρ (anēr) "man" (GEN ἀνδρός andros). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man". The name was one of the titles or 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
Latinate feminine form of Alexander. It was very little used in the English-speaking world before the 20th century, when it was brought in from Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. It owes its sudden rise in popularity in Britain at the end of the 19th century to Queen Alexandra, Danish wife of Edward VII.
Derivatives: Italian: Alessandra. Spanish: Alejandra. Russian: Aleksandra.
Short forms: English: Alex, Alexa; Sandra.
Pet forms: English, Scottish: Sandy; Lexy. Russian: Sasha, Sanya, Shura.
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