Given name
Alexandrina
“helper and defender of mankind”
Alexandrina is a variant of Alexandra. In Greek use, Alexandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alexandrina 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
Alexandrina is used as a derivative of Alexandra.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alexandrina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 252
- 0 boys · 252 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 534 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alexandrina’s family of names
In English usage, Alexandrina has a diminutive in Drina. Alexandrina developed from Alexandra. In English usage, Alexandrina has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Alejandrina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alexandrina has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Alexandrina
- Queen VictoriaQueen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
- Alexandrina of BalazarPortuguese Catholic mystique (1904–1955)
- Alexandrina CabralSpanish handball playerborn 1986
- Alexandrina CantacuzinoRomanian activist1876–1944
- Alexandrina MihaiItalian athletics competitor (born 2003)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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