Given name
Alondra
“helper and defender of mankind”
Alondra is a variant of Alexandra. In Greek use, Alexandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alondra is a variant of Alexandra. In Greek use, Alexandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alondra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 42,421
- 122 boys · 42,299 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 2,728 babies
- 2025
- 417
- #680 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 417 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 680 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 24.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,721 in 2005. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (92). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 37,544 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.
Alondra’s family of names
Alondra has a related form in Alexandra. In Spanish usage, Alondra can be written in the Roman alphabet as อาโลนด๎รา.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alondra
- Alondra de la ParraMexican conductorborn 1982
- Alondra NelsonAmerican academic and writerborn 1968
- Alondra TapiaFemale volleyball player from the Dominican Republic (born 2004)
- Alondra BentleySpanish singer-songwriterborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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