Given name · Ukrainian
Олександра
“I defend”
Олександра (Oleksándra) is a feminine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Oleksandra.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Олександра goes back to a word meaning “I defend.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Олександра comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old East Slavic Олександра, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρα, built from Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (“I defend”) + ἀνδρός.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Олександра’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Олександра has a transliteration in OLEKSANDRA. In Ukrainian usage, Олександра can be written in the Roman alphabet as Oleksándra.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Олександра
- Oleksandra MatviichukUkrainian human rights activistborn 1983
- Alexandra Timoshenkogymnastborn 1972
- Oleksandra OliynykovaUkrainian tennis playerborn 2001
- Oleksandra KononovaUkrainian Para Nordic skier (born 1991)
- Oleksandra KhomenetsUkrainian freestyle wrestlerborn 2003
- Oleksandra KuzhelUkrainian economist and politicianborn 1953
- Oleksandra MerkushynaUkrainian biathlete (born 2005)
- Oleksandra KohutUkrainian wrestlerborn 1987
- Oleksandra GridasovaUkrainian rhythmic gymnastborn 1995
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