Given name & surname
Alejandra
“helper and defender of mankind”
Alejandra is a variant of Alexandra. In Greek use, Alexandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Original Spanishอาเลฆันด๎รา
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alejandra is a variant of Alexandra. In Greek use, Alexandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish use, Alejandra is used as a form of Alexandra.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alejandra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 54,545
- 530 boys · 54,015 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 2,223 babies
- 2025
- 486
- #604 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 486 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 604 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 16.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,187 in 1994. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (107). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 78,499 as a first name in 2020; 111 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alejandra’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Alejandra has a diminutive in ALEJA. In Spanish usage, Alejandra shares a linguistic root with Sandra. Alejandra has a related form in Alexandra.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alejandra has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Sandracognate · Spanish
- Alessandraequivalent
- AlexandriaEnglish
- Aleksandraequivalent
- ΑλεξάνδραGreek
- Александраequivalent
- Аляксандраequivalent
- Oleksandraequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Alejandra
- Alejandra ValenciaMexican archerborn 1994
- ArcaVenezuelan singer, songwriter, DJ, producer and modelborn 1989
- Alejandra BarrosMexican actressborn 1971
- Alejandra OrozcoMexican diverborn 1997
- Alejandra GarcíaArgentine pole vaulterborn 1973
- Alejandra Benítezfencerborn 1980
- Alejandra Gullafield hockey playerborn 1977
- Alejandra OnievaSpanish actress and modelborn 1992
- Alejandra QueredaSpanish gymnastborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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