
thumb | right | alt=ALexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales | Alexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales Alexandra () is a female given name of Greek origin. It is the first attested form of its variants, including 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 na
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thumb | right | alt=ALexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales | Alexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales Alexandra () is a female given name of Greek origin. It is the first attested form of its variants, including 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. Alexandra and its masculine equivalent, Alexander, are both common names in Greece as well as countries where Germanic, Romance, and Slavic languages are spoken.
== Variants == Alastríona (Irish) Alejandra, Alejandrina (Spanish) Alessandra (Italian, Latvian) Alexandrea (English) Alexandrina (Portuguese, Roman) Alexandrine, Alexandrie (French) Aliaksandra (Belarusian) Alissandra, Alyssandra (Sicilian) Александра (Aleksandra), Александрина (Aleksandrina) (Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian) Олександра (Oleksandra) (Ukrainian) اليخاندرا (Alikhandra) (Egyptian Arabic) আলেকজান্দ্রা (Ālēkjāndrā) (Bengali) Αλεξάνδρα (Greek) Diminutives Aleka (Greek) Alessa (Latvian) Alessia (Italian) Alesya, Alya, Asya, Sanya, Sasha, Sashenka, Shura (Slavic) Aleks, Alex (various) Alexa (various) Alexis (various) Alexina Alja (Slovene) Alyx Andra (Romanian) Drina Allie, Ally (various) Lexa Lexie, Lexi, Lexy Lexine Leska (Czech) Lesya, Olesya (Ukrainian) Ola (Polish) Sacha (French) Sanda (Serbo-Croatian, Romanian) Sandra (various) Sandy, Sandie (various) Sanja, Sanjica (Serbo-Croatian, Slovene) Sascha (German) Saskia, Xandra (Dutch) Sashka, Saška (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene) Saša (Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovene) Sassa (Swedish) Saundra (Lowland Scottish) Sondra, Zandra (English) Szandra (Hungarian)
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