Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name
Alexander
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
(, ).
Etymologically
Etymology () The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the form of words ...
, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (
; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man". The name Alexandra was one of the
epithet
An epithet (, ), also byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) known for accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, di ...
s given to the Greek goddess
Hera
In ancient Greek religion, Hera (; grc-gre, Ἥρα, Hḗrā; grc, Ἥρη, Hḗrē, label=none in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. In Greek mythology, she ...
and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". The earliest attested form of the name is the
Mycenaean Greek
Mycenaean Greek is the most ancient attested form of the Greek language, on the Greek mainland and Crete in Mycenaean Greece (16th to 12th centuries BC), before the hypothesised Dorian invasion, often cited as the '' terminus ad quem'' for the ...
( or //), written in the
Linear B syllabic script.
[Tablet MY V 659 (61). ] Alexandra and its masculine equivalent, Alexander, are both common names in
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wit ...
as well as countries where
Germanic,
Romance, and
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavs, Slavic peoples and their descendants. They are thought to descend from a proto-language called Proto-Slavic language, Proto ...
are spoken.
Variants
* Alejandra, Alejandrina (
diminutive
A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A ( abbreviated ) is a word-form ...
) (
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
)
* Aleksandra (Александра) (
Albanian,
Bulgarian,
Estonian,
Latvian,
Lithuanian
Lithuanian may refer to:
* Lithuanians
* Lithuanian language
* The country of Lithuania
* Grand Duchy of Lithuania
* Culture of Lithuania
* Lithuanian cuisine
* Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...
,
Macedonian
Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia.
Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...
,
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
,
Russian,
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia an ...
)
* Alessandra (
Italian)
* Alessia (Italian)
*
Alex
Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis.
People
Multiple
* Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
*Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
*Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple p ...
(various languages)
* Alexa (
English,
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
*** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...
,
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
)
* Alexandra (
English,
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
,
Dutch,
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
,
Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
,
Norwegian,
Danish,
Icelandic,
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
,
Portuguese,
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
*** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...
,
Czech,
Slovak,
Hungarian,
Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid ...
,
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
,
Italian,
Russian,
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* Som ...
,
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic p ...
,
Greek Mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities of ...
)
*
Alexis, English
* Aliaksandra (
Belarusian
Belarusian may refer to:
* Something of, or related to Belarus
* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
* A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus
* Belarusian language
* Belarusian culture
* Belarusian cuisine
* Byelor ...
)
* Alikhandra /اليخاندرا (
Egyptian)
* Alissandra/Alyssandra (
Sicilian,
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
)
* Allie (English)
* Ally (English)
* Alya (Russian)
* Ālēkjāndrā / আলেকজান্দ্রা (
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the ...
)
* Αλεξάνδρα (Greek)
* Leska (
Czech)
* Lesya (
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* Som ...
)
* Lexa (English)
* Lexie (English)
* Lexine (English)
* Lexi (English)
* Lexy (English)
* Oleksandra (Ukrainian)
* Sacha (
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
)
* Sanda (
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
*** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...
)
* Sandie (English)
* Sandra (
Danish,
Dutch, English, Polish,
Estonian, Italian,
Finnish,
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
,
Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian,
Norwegian, Portuguese,
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
*** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...
, Russian, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian,
Slovene, Swedish)
* Sandy (English)
* Sascha (German)
* Sasha (Russian,
Belarusian
Belarusian may refer to:
* Something of, or related to Belarus
* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
* A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus
* Belarusian language
* Belarusian culture
* Belarusian cuisine
* Byelor ...
, Ukrainian, English, Spanish)
*
Saskia (Slavic)
* Saundra (English,
Scottish
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including:
*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
)
* Saša (Czech, Serbo-Croatian,
Slovak, Slovene)
* Saška (Serbian)
* Shura (Russian)
* Sondra (English)
* Szandra (
Hungarian)
People
People whose full name is Alexandra
* Alexandra or
Cassandra
Cassandra or Kassandra (; Ancient Greek: Κασσάνδρα, , also , and sometimes referred to as Alexandra) in Greek mythology was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies but never to be believe ...
, a prophetess in Greek mythology
*
Saint Alexandra, a martyr of the Diocletianic persecutions
*
Alexandra, sister of the Rhetor
Calliopius of Antioch
*
Alexandra (singer) (1942–1969), German singer (stage name; real name Doris Nefedov)
*
Princess Alexandra (disambiguation), list of princesses named Alexandra.
People with the given name Alexandra
*
Alexandra of Denmark
Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 22 January 1901 to 6 May 1910 as the wife of Ki ...
(1844–1925), Queen consort of the United Kingdom, Empress consort of India as the wife of King-Emperor Edward VII
*
Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia, formerly Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870–1891)
* Queen
Alexandra of Yugoslavia, formerly Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1921–1993)
*
Alexandra Feodorovna (formerly Alix of Hesse), Emperess of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicholas II.
*
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu (born 16 October 1986), known professionally as Inna (stylized in all caps), is a Romanian singer. Born in Mangalia and raised in Neptun, she studied political science at Ovidius University before meeting the Roma ...
(born 1986), Romanian singer, better known as Inna
*
Alexandra Ashley Hughes
Alexandra Ashley Hughes (born 31 July 1985), known by her stage name Allie X, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and visual artist. She began her career as an indie pop artist in Toronto in the mid-2000s, playing with local bands and writing and ...
(born 1985), Canadian singer-songwriter
*
Alexandra Asimaki
Alexandra Asimaki ( gr, Αλεξάνδρα Ασημάκη; ; born 28 June 1988) is a Greek water polo player considered one of the best female water polo players in the world in the 21st century.
Asimaki was part of the Greece women's national w ...
(born 1988), Greek water polo player
*
Alexandra Botez
Alexandra Valeria Botez (born September 24, 1995) is an American-Canadian chess player and commentator, Twitch streamer, and YouTuber. As a player, she became a five-time Canadian National Girls Champion and won the U.S. Girls Nationals at age ...
(born 1995), American-Canadian chess player and Twitch streamer
*
Alexandra Boyko (1916–1996), Russian tank commander
*
Alexandra Breckenridge (born 1982), American actress, model, photographer
*
Alexandra Brooks (born 1995), English footballer
*
Alexandra Brushtein (1884–1968), Russian and Soviet writer, playwright, and memoirist
*
Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke (born 25 August 1988) is a British singer, songwriter and actress. She won the fifth series of the British television series ''The X Factor'' in 2008, and has been signed to Epic Records, RCA Records and Sy ...
(born 1988), British singer
*
Alexandra W. Busch (born 1975), German Roman archaeologist
*
Alexandra Caso
Alexandra Caso Sierra (born April 25, 1987) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #6 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place ...
(born 1987), Dominican Republic volleyball player
*
Alexandra Chalupa, American pro-Ukrainian activist
*
Alexandra Chando (born 1986), American actress
*
Alexandra Charles
Alexandra Charles (born 12 November 1946, née Thyra Margareta Inga-Lill Gefvert) is a Swedish former nightclub owner. With her first husband Noël Charles (1940–2013) she opened a membership restaurant-discothèque called ''Alexandra's'' in ce ...
(born 1946), Swedish "nightclub queen"
*
Alexandra Daddario (born 1986), American actress
*
Alexandra Dahlström (born 1984), Swedish actress
*
Alexandra Dariescu
Alexandra Ioana Dariescu (born 16 August 1985) is a Romanian British classical concert pianist, educator, mentor and producer. She is best known for her multimedia project ''The Nutcracker and I'' and her focus on promoting the works of female c ...
(born 1985), Romanian pianist
*
Alexandra David-Néel
Alexandra David-Néel (born Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David; 24 October 1868 – 8 September 1969) was a Belgian–French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and writer. She is most known for her 1924 visit to L ...
(1868–1969), French explorer and spiritualist
*
Allie DeBerry
Alexandria Danielle DeBerry is an American actress and model. She is best known for her roles in '' A.N.T. Farm'' as Paisley Houndstooth, '' Shake It Up'' as Destiny, ''Lazer Team'' as Mindy and '' True Jackson, VP'' as Cammy.
Early life
DeBer ...
(born 1994), American actress and model
*
Alexandra Dimoglou (born 1981), Greek Paralympic track and field athlete
*
Alexandra Duel-Hallen, American electrical engineer
*
Alexandra Dulgheru
Alexandra Dulgheru (; born 30 May 1989) is a professional tennis player from Romania. On 11 April 2011, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 26. Her best ranking in doubles is No. 41, reached on 4 July 2011.
She is coached b ...
(born 1989), Romanian tennis player
*
Alexandra Eade (born 1998), Australian artistic gymnast
*
Aleksandra von Engelhardt
Countess Alexandra Branitskaya ( von Engelhardt, russian: Александра Васильевна Браницкая, pl, Aleksandra Branicka 'Braɲit͡ska'' 1754 – 15 September 1838), also known as ''Sanecka'' and Countess ''Branicka'', w ...
(1754–1838), Russian lady-in-waiting
*
Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
german: Alix Viktoria Helene Luise Beatrixrussian: Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova
, house = Hesse-Darmstadt
, father = Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
, mother = Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
, birth_name ...
(1872–1918),
Tsarina
Tsarina or tsaritsa (also spelled ''csarina'' or ''csaricsa'', ''tzarina'' or ''tzaritza'', or ''czarina'' or ''czaricza''; bg, царица, tsaritsa; sr, / ; russian: царица, tsaritsa) is the title of a female autocratic ruler (mon ...
of Russia, wife of
Tsar
Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East and South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" in the European medieval sense of the te ...
Nicholas II of Russia
*
Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia)
russian: Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova
, house = Hohenzollern
, father = Frederick William III of Prussia
, mother = Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
, birth_name = Princess Charlotte of Prussia
, birth_date =
, birth_ ...
(1798–1860), Empress consort of Russia
*
Alexandra Flood (born 1990), Australian operatic soprano
*
Alexandra Fusai
Alexandra Fusai (born 22 November 1973) is a former professional tennis player from France.
Fusai was born in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine. Starting from September 1989 when she turned professional, Fusai played four tournaments (all of them p ...
(born 1973), French tennis player
*
Alexandra Gage, Viscountess Gage (born 1969), British lecturer
* (born 1954), Polish journalist and politician
*
Alexz Johnson
Alexzandra Spencer Johnson (born November 4, 1986) is a Canadian musician, actress, and philanthropist. Her debut album ''Voodoo'' was independently released with her brother Brendan Johnson in 2010, followed by the demo release of ''The Basem ...
(born 1986), Canadian actress
*
Alexandra Kavadas (born 1983), Greek retired footballer
*
R. Alexandra Keith (born 1967/1968), American businesswoman
*
Alex Kingston
Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in ...
(born 1963), English actress
*
Alexandra "Alix" Klineman (born 1989), American volleyball player
*
Alexandra Kollontai
Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai (russian: Алекса́ндра Миха́йловна Коллонта́й, née Domontovich, Домонто́вич; – 9 March 1952) was a Russian revolutionary, politician, diplomat and Marxist the ...
(1872–1952), Russian politician
*
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk (russian: Алекса́ндра Константи́новна Костеню́к; born 23 April 1984) is a Russian chess grandmaster who is the former Women's World Rapid Chess Champion in 2021, and the for ...
(born 1984), Russian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010.
*
Ali Krieger
Alexandra Blaire Krieger (born July 28, 1984) is an American soccer player for NJ/NY Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division of women's professional soccer in the United States, and the United States women's ...
(born 1984), American soccer player
*
Alexandra Kropotkin
Alexandra "Sasha" Kropotkin (1887–1966) was a New York-based writer and Russian language translator. Born in British exile to the Russian scientist and anarchist Peter Kropotkin, the socially prominent family returned to Russia from the 1 ...
(1887–1966), Russian-American émigré, writer
*
Alexandra Maria Lara (born 1978), German actress
*
Alexandra Lencastre (born 1965), Portuguese actress
*
Allie Long (born 1987), American soccer player
*
Alexandra Măceșanu (2003–2019), Romanian teenage girl and murder victim who was kidnapped in Caracal, Olt County, Romania in 2019
*
Alexandra Mardell (born 1993), English actress
*
Alexandra Irina Măruță (born 1986), Romanian singer, better known as Andra
*
Alexandra Martin (born 1968), French politician
*
Alexandra Mavrokordatou Alexandra Mavrokordatou ( el, Αλεξάνδρα Μαυροκορδάτου; 1605–1684) was a famous Greek intellectual and salonist. She was also known as Loxandra Scarlatou.
She was the daughter of Scarlatos Beglitzi. A member of the Mavrokorda ...
(1605–1684), Greek intellectual
*
Alex Morgan
Alexandra Morgan Carrasco (born Alexandra Patricia Morgan; July 2, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker and captains for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division o ...
(born 1989), American soccer player
*
Alexandra Osborne
Alexandra Osborne (born 8 April 1995) is an Australian tennis player.
Osborne has career-high rankings by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 626 in singles, reached on 21 October 2019, and 296 doubles, achieved on 19 September 2022.
She m ...
(born 1995), Australian tennis player
*
Alexandra Panova
Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (russian: Александра Александровна Панова; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professional tennis player.
On 30 July 2012, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 71. On 18 ...
(born 1989), Russian tennis player
*
Alexandra Papageorgiou (born 1980), Greek hammer thrower
*
Alexandra Park (actress) (born 1989), Australian actress
*
Alexandra Paschalidou-Moreti
Alexandra Paschalidou-Moreti, gr, Αλεξάνδρα Πασχαλίδου-Μωρέτη (1912 in Istanbul – 2010 in Filothei), was a Greek architect who designed pavilions for numerous international exhibitions.
Early life and education
...
(1912-2010), Greek architect
*
Alexandra Patsavas (born 1968), Greek-American music supervisor
*
Alexandra Paul
Alexandra Elizabeth Paul (born July 29, 1963) is an American actress, activist, health coach, and former model. Paul began her career modeling in New York before landing her first major role in John Carpenter's horror film '' Christine'' (1983) ...
(born 1963), American actress
*
Alexandra Phillips (disambiguation) Alexandra Phillips may refer to:
* Alex Phillips (TV presenter) (born 1983), former member of the European Parliament for South-East England, now a TV presenter for GB News
* Alexandra Phillips (Green politician) (born 1985), former member of the E ...
, several people
*
Alexandra Pringle
Alexandra Pringle, Hon FRSL (born 1953, London SW10), is a British publisher. A founding Director of Virago Press, she has been Editor-in-Chief of Bloomsbury Publishing since 2000.
Biography
Of Scottish descent and kinsmen of the Pringle bar ...
(born 1952/1953), British publisher
*
Aly Raisman
Alexandra Rose Raisman (born May 25, 1994) is a retired American artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian. She was captain of both the 2012 "Fierce Five" and 2016 " Final Five" U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics teams, which won their respective tea ...
(born 1994), American gymnast
*
Alexandra Shiryayeva
Alexandra Alexandrovna Shiryayeva (russian: Александра Александровна Ширяева; born February 9, 1983) is a , , female beach volleyball player from Russia. She claimed the gold medal at the 2006 European Championships ...
(born 1983), Russian beach volleyball player
*
Alexandra Sidorovici (1906–2000), Romanian politician
*
Alexandra Smirnoff (1838–1913) Finnish pomologist
*
Alexandra Sokoloff
Alexandra Sokoloff is an American novelist and screenwriter, and the author of the Thriller award-nominated Huntress/FBI series, following a haunted FBI agent on the hunt for a female serial killer (''Huntress Moon'', ''Blood Moon'', ''Cold Moon' ...
, American novelist and screenwriter
*
Alexandra Stan
Alexandra Ioana Stan (born 10 June 1989) is a Romanian singer. Born in Constanța, she made her worldwide breakthrough with the 2010 single " Mr. Saxobeat", which was written and produced by Marcel Prodan and Andrei Nemirschi. They had previous ...
(born 1989), Romanian singer
*
Alexandra Stevenson
Alexandra Winfield Stevenson (born December 15, 1980) is an American former professional tennis player.
Early life and education
Stevenson's mother is Samantha Stevenson, a sports journalist. Her father is former National Basketball Associati ...
(born 1980), American tennis player
*
Alexandra Tegleva (1894–1955), Russian nursemaid to the children of the Imperial family
*
Alexandra Tolstaya (1884–1979), daughter of Leo Tolstoy
*
Alexandra Trusova
Alexandra "Sasha" Vyacheslavovna Trusova ( rus, Александра Вячеславовна Трусова, , ɐlʲɪˈksandrə ˈtrusəvə; born 23 June 2004) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2022 Olympic silver medalist, the 2021 Wo ...
(born 2004), Russian figure skater
*
Alexandra Tsiavou (born 1985), Greek rower
*
Alexandra Tydings (born 1972), American actress
*
Alexandra Valetta-Ardisson (born 1976), French politician
*
Alexandra Vinogradova, Russian volleyball player
*
Alexandra Völker (born 1989), Swedish politician
*
Alexandra Waterbury, American ballet dancer and model
*
Aleksandra Wozniak
Aleksandra Wozniak ( pl, Woźniak; born September 7, 1987) is a Canadian former tennis player. She turned professional in November 2005, and achieved a career-best ranking of No. 21 in June 2009, making her the fifth highest-ranked Canadian singl ...
(born 1987), Canadian tennis player
*
Alexandra Zaretsky (born 1987), Israeli ice dancer
*
Aleksandra Andreevna Antonova
Aleksandra Andreevna Antonova (Kildin Sámi language, Са̄нндрэ Антонова; Northern Sami, Sandra Antonova; 5 May 1932 – 8 October 2014) was a Russian, Kildin Sámi teacher, writer, poet and translator. Antonova, who was an active ...
(1932–2014), Russian, Kildin Sámi teacher, writer, poet, translator
*
Aleksandra Avramović (born 1982), Serbian volleyball player
*
Aleksandra Crnčević
Aleksandra Crnčević (born ) is a Serbian volleyball player. She is part of the Serbia women's national volleyball team. On club level she played for Lokomotiv Baku in 2015.
Awards Clubs
* 2017–18 CEV Champions League - Runner-Up, with CSM ...
(born 1987), Serbian volleyball player
*
Aleksandra Crvendakić (born 1996), Serbian basketball player
*
Aleksandra Cvetićanin (born 1993), Serbian volleyball player
*
Aleksandra Dimitrova (born 2000), Russian chess master
*
Aleksandra Dulkiewicz (born 1979), Polish lawyer
*
Aleksandra Krunić
Aleksandra Krunić ( sr-Cyrl, Александра Крунић; born 15 March 1993) is a Serbian professional tennis player. She has won one singles title and six doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with one singles title on WTA 125 tournamen ...
(born 1993), Serbian tennis player
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Aleksandra Maltsevskaya
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (russian: Александра Мальцевская; born 5 July 2002) is a Russian-born Polish chess player who holds the FIDE title of International Master (IM).
Biography
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya was a Rostov-on-Don ...
(born 2002), Russian chess master
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Aleksandra Przegalińska (born 1982), Polish futurist
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Aleksandra Ranković
Aleksandra Ranković ( sr, Александра Ранковић; born July 8, 1980) is a volleyball player from Serbia. She was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team, Serbia and Montenegro women's National Team that won the br ...
(born 1980), Serbian volleyball player
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Alexandra Roche, Lady Roche (born 1934), British philanthropist
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Alexandra Stepanova (born 1995), Russian ice dancer
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Aleksandra Stepanović
Aleksandra Stepanović (born ) is a Serbian volleyball player. She is part of the Serbia women's national volleyball team.
She participated in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
The 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 23rd ed ...
(born 1994), Serbian volleyball player
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Aleksandra Vukajlović (born 1997), Serbian handball player
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Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm
Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm (born 15 April 1949, in Łódź, Poland), is a Polish-born U.S.-based writer and academic. She obtained her Ph.D in Humanistic studies at the Warsaw University. Her works include historical biographies,Dr Christoph ...
(born 1949), Polish writer
Fictional characters
* Alexandra Brooks DiMera, a.k.a.
Lexie Carver, character in the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''
* Alexandra Dunphy, a.k.a.
Alex Dunphy
''Modern Family'' is an American TV comedy series revolving around three families interrelated through Jay Pritchett, his son Mitchell Pritchett, and his daughter Claire Dunphy. The families meet for family functions (usually around their three ...
, character in the popular television series ''Modern Family''
* Alexandra Mack, a.k.a. Alex Mack, titular lead character in the popular television series ''
The Secret World of Alex Mack''
* Alexandra Nuñez, a.k.a. Alex Nuñez, character in the Canadian television drama ''
Degrassi: The Next Generation''
* Alexandra the Royal Baby Fairy, character in the British book series ''
Rainbow Magic
''Rainbow Magic'' is a British children's fiction brand originally created by Working Partners and now owned by IoM Media Ventures. It is best known for the children's books published by Orchard Books. The books are ghostwritten by a number o ...
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* Alexandra Margarita Russo, a.k.a.
Alex Russo, character in the Disney Channel television series ''Wizards of Waverly Place'', played by Selena Gomez
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Alexandra, ''Nikita'' character
* Alexandra Grey, a.k.a.
Lexie Grey, character in the ABC medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy''
* Alexandra "Alex" Cahill, character in the 1990s television series ''
Walker, Texas Ranger
''Walker, Texas Ranger'' is an American action crime television series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis. It was inspired by the film ''Lone Wolf McQuade'', with both this series and that film starring Chuck Norris as a member of the T ...
''
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Alexandra Borgia, an Assistant District Attorney in Law & Order, played by Annie Parisse
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Alexandra Cabot
Alexandra "Alex" Cabot is a fictional character within the ''Law & Order'' universe portrayed by Stephanie March. She is a primary character in '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and '' Conviction''.
Character overview
Cabot first appears i ...
, an Assistant District Attorney in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, played by Stephanie March
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Alexandra Eames, a detective in Law & Order Criminal Intent, played by Kathryn Erbe
* Alexandra Garcia, a character in the anime and manga series ''
Kuroko's Basketball
is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2008 to September 2014, with its chapters collected in 30 ' ...
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Aleksandra Billewicz
Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "prot ...
, a character in ''Deluge'' by Henryk Sienkiewicz
* Alexandra Vladimirovna Litvyak, a.k.a.
Sanya V. Litvyak, a character from the anime/manga franchise ''Strike Witches''
* Aleksandra 'Zarya' Zaryanova, a Russian weightlifter turned soldier in the video game ''
Overwatch
''Overwatch'' is a multimedia franchise centered on a series of online multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) video games developed by Blizzard Entertainment: '' Overwatch'' released in 2016, and '' Overwatch 2'' released in 2022. Both games f ...
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* Alexandra Vause, a.k.a.
Alex Vause, imprisoned drug dealer and love interest to protagonist to Piper Chapman in Netflix's ''
Orange Is The New Black
''Orange Is the New Black'' (sometimes abbreviated to ''OITNB'') is an American comedy-drama streaming television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir '' Orange Is the New Black: My Year in ...
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* Alexandra Danvers, a.k.a.
Alex Danvers
Alexandra "Alex" Danvers Ph.D. M.D., also known as Sentinel, is a fictional character from the Arrowverse television series ''Supergirl'', portrayed by actress Chyler Leigh. Created by executive producers Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler, and Andrew ...
, Kara Danvers' sister in ''Supergirl''
* Alexandra, the main antagonist in ''
The Wildwood Chronicles''
* Alexandra Finch, sister of Atticus Finch in the 1960 novel ''
To Kill A Mockingbird
''To Kill a Mockingbird'' is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 and was instantly successful. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' has become ...
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See also
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Alexandra Park (disambiguation) Alexandra Park may refer to:
Places England
* Alexandra Park, Hastings
* Alexandra Park, Ipswich
* Alexandra Park, London
* Alexandra Park, Manchester
* Alexandra Park, Oldham
* Alexandra Park, Portsmouth
* Alexandra Park, Poole
* Alexandra Par ...
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Alexandria (given name)
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Alexander
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
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