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Александра
“to ward off; to protect”·“man”
Александра (Aleksandra) is a feminine given name from Carpathian Rusyn, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Pannonian Rusyn.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and Serbian and rsk and rueWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Alexandra.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Александра is built from elements meaning “to ward off; to protect” and “man” and “man”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Александра comes from Carpathian Rusyn, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Bulgarian usage, Александра is a feminine form of Александър. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Александра developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀλεξάνδρα.
Александра’s family of names
In French usage, Александра has a diminutive in Sacha. In Bulgarian usage, Александра is a feminine form of Александър. In Romanian usage, Александра has a related form in Alexandra.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Александра has relatives in 15 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Александра comes from · 2 names
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Александра
- Alexandra KollontaiSoviet revolutionary, ambassador, diplomat, feminist1872–1952
- Alexandra KosteniukRussian and Swiss chess playerborn 1984
- Alexandra ElbakyanKazakh computer scientist and founder of Sci-Hubborn 1988
- Aleksandra EksterUkrainian and French painter and designer (1882–1949)
- Aleksandra PakhmutovaSoviet and Russian composerborn 1929
- Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmarkdaughter of George I of Greece and Olga Constantinovna of Russia; wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia1870–1891
- Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of RussiaGrand Duchess of Russia (1783-1801)
- Aleksandra GoryachkinaRussian chess playerborn 1998
- Alexandra MarininaRussian writer of detective storiesborn 1957
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