Alexandria is a feminine given name, derived from

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...

and the towns he named, most notably the city of

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

, Egypt. Alexandria was the 352th most popular name for girls born in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

in 2021. For the US in the years since 1900, it was most popular in 1993 when it ranked 69th. It was not in the top 1,000 girls baby names before 1969.

People named Alexandria

Alexandria Anderson Alexandria Anderson (born January 28, 1987) is an American track and field sprinter who specializes in the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash. She was the 2011 American champion in the 60-meter dash. Anderson won four Chicago city volleyball ti ...

, American runner * Alexandria Boehm, American scientist *

Alexandria Bombach Alexandria Bombach is an American filmmaker. Career Bombach is from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She graduated from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. In 2009, she founded the production company, Red Reel. Her first film, ''23 Feet'' (2011), "captu ...

, American filmmaker * Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, American author *

Alexandria Haber Alexandria Haber is a Canadian playwright and actor. Her plays include ''Life Here After'' (winner of the 2009 write-on-Q playwriting competition), ''I Don’t like Mondays'', ''Four Minutes if You Bleed,'' ''Housekeeping & Homewrecking,'' ''Ordina ...

, Canadian playwright * Alexandria Karlsen, American actress * Alexandria Loutitt, Canadian ski jumper * Alexandria Maillot, Canadian actress *

Alexandria Mills Alexandria Nichole Mills (born February 26, 1992) is an American model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2010 on October 30, 2010, in Sanya, China. Mills is the third woman from the United States to win Miss World. Early life Mills ...

, American beauty pageant winner *

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (; ; born October 13, 1989), also known by her initials AOC, is an American politician and activist. She has served as the U.S. representative for New York's 14th congressional district since 2019, as a member of th ...

, American politician *

Alexandria Riordan Alexandria "Zsa Zsa" Riordan-Niechcielska (born August 14, 1990) is an American former figure skater. She most recently competed internationally on the Junior National level for Poland and won first place to get the Gold Medal. She is of Polish a ...

, American figure skater *

Alexandria Smith Alexandria Smith is an American mixed media visual artist based in London and New York City. She is currently the head of painting at the Royal College of Art. Smith was a co-organizer of the collective Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter ...

, American artist *

Alexandria Town Alexandria Town (born July 6, 1995) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler, competing in the 57kg weight class. In November 2018, Alex became the first ever Canadian to win a gold medal at the U23 World Championships. She has also secured Canada a pla ...

, Canadian wrestler *

Alexandria Villaseñor Alexandria Villaseñor (born 2005) is an American climate activist living in New York. A follower of the Fridays for Future movement and of fellow climate activist Greta Thunberg, Villaseñor is a co-founder of U.S. Youth Climate Strike and the ...

, American climate activist *

Alexandria Wailes Alexandria Jane Krystel Wailes (born December 26, 1975) is an American deaf actress, dancer, director, and educator. She utilizes the languages of English and American Sign Language and is known for her work with Deaf West Theatre. She is both an ...

, American actress

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{{Given name English feminine given names

People named Alexandria

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