Given name & surname · also Middle English
Alexandria
“Alexander”·“-ia: forming place names”
Alexandria is a feminine given name from Middle English, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alexandria is built from elements meaning “Alexander” and “-ia: forming place names”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Alexandria comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Alexandria developed from Ἀλεξάνδρεια.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alexandria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 104,778
- 230 boys · 104,548 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 5,042 babies
- 2025
- 647
- #474 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 647 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 474 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 37.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 5,027 in 1993. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (79). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 84,197 as a first name in 2020; 298 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alexandria’s family of names
In English usage, Alexandria has a nickname in Alex. In English usage, Alexandria shares an earlier linguistic root with ALEXANDRETTA. In English usage, Alexandria has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Alejandra.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alexandria has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Alexandria comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Alexandria
- Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAmerican politician (born 1989)
- Alexandria VillaseñorAmerican climate activistborn 2005
- Madina TaimazovaRussian judoka (1999-)
- Alexandria MillsAmerican model and Miss World 2010born 1992
- Madina GulgunAzerbaijani poet (1926-1991)
- Alexandria LoutittCanadian ski jumperborn 2004
- Madina NalwangaUgandan actressborn 2000
- Alexandria AndersonAmerican sprinterborn 1987
- Madina MemetChinese actressborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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