Given name
Alexandrine
“helper and defender of mankind”
Alexandrine is a variant of Alexandra. In Greek use, Alexandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Original FrenchSandrine
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alexandrine 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 French usage, Alexandrine is a feminine form of ALEXANDRIN.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alexandrine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26
- 0 boys · 26 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 6 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 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 173 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.
Alexandrine’s family of names
In French usage, Alexandrine has a diminutive in Sandrine. In English usage, Alexandrine shares an earlier linguistic root with Alexandrina. Alexandrine has a related form in Alexandra.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alexandrine has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Frenchwhere Alexandrine comes from · 2 names
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alexandrine
- Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-SchwerinQueen consort of King Christian X of Denmark (1879–1952)
- Alexine TinneDutch explorer in Africa and photographer (1835-1869)
- Marie of Saxe-AltenburgQueen consort of Hanover (1818–1907)
- Princess Alexandrine of PrussiaPrincess and first down's syndrome child to attend the first school for the handicapped (1915-1980)
- Alexandrine de BleschampFrench noblewoman (1778-1855)
- Alexandrine von Hutten-CzapskaPolish novelist (1854-1941)
- Alexandrine Le Normant d'ÉtiollesFrench noble (1744–1754)
- Alexandra Zheleznova-ArmfeltFinnish–Russian composer (1866–1933)
- Alexandrine von TaxisGerman noblewoman, postmaster, and founder of the House of Thurn and Taxis (1589–1666)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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