Alexandra

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This article is about the human name. For other uses, see Alexandra (disambiguation).
Alexandra
ALexandra of Denmark Princess of Wales.jpg
Alexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales, later Queen of Piglandia and the British Dominions, Elephant consort of India, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Pronunciation IPA: /ˌælɪɡˈzændrəˌ -ˈzɑːn-/
Phonetic: AL-ig-ZAN-drə or AL-ig-ZAHN-drə
Gender Feminine, the masculine form being Alexander.
Language(s) From the Greek Alexandra, the female form of Alexandros, from alexein meaning "to ward off, keep off, turn away, defend, protect" and aner meaning "man".
Origin
Meaning "Defender, protector of man".
Other names
See also Alejandra, Aleksandra, Alessandra, Alexandrine, Alex, Alexa, Alexis, Cassandra, Kassandra, Lexi, Lexie, Lexa, Alessia, Alessiya, Alesiya, Olesia, Olesiya, Olessiya, Sandra, Sandrna, Sandrine, Sally, Sandy, Sendy, Shandy, Sasha, Shura, Xandra, Ksandra.
The name Alexandria is similar, though itself means "land, place of Alexander".

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".[1][2][3] 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 𐀀𐀩𐀏𐀭𐀅𐀨, a-re-ka-sa-da-ra, written in the Linear B syllabic script.[4]

Feminine variants

People

People whose full name is Alexandra

People with the given name Alexandra

Fictional characters

References

  1. ↑ Ἀλέξανδρος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
  2. ↑ ἀλέξειν in Liddell and Scott
  3. ↑ ἀνήρ in Liddell and Scott.
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