Alexandrina is a given name, a latinate derivative of

Alexandra 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 ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Alexandrina Chezan Alexandrina Chezan (born 29 April 1939) is a Romanian volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international mu ...

(born 1939), Romanian volleyball player *

Alexandrina Robertson Harris Alexandrina Robertson Harris (1886–1978) was an American painter of portrait miniatures. Harris was born in Aberdeen but later emigrated to the United States. She studied at Adelphi College, receiving while there a number of prize for her work. ...

(1886–1978), Scottish–born American miniature painter *

Alexandrina Maria da Costa Alexandrina Maria da Costa (30 March 1904 – 13 October 1955), best known as Blessed Alexandrina of Balazar, was a Portuguese mystic and victim soul, member of the Association of Salesian Cooperators, who was born and died in Balazar (a r ...

(1904–1955), Portuguese mystic of the Eucharist *

Alexandrina Pendatchanska Alexandrina Pendatchanska (sometimes written as Alexandrina Pendachanska) ( bg, Александрина Пендачанска) (born 24 September 1970) is a Bulgarian operatic soprano. Increasingly, she is known professionally as Alex Penda. Ca ...

(born 1970), Bulgarian soprano boasting a very dark dramatic timbre *

Alexandrina Matilda MacPhail Alexandrina Matilda MacPhail, OBE (3 June 1860 – 6 November 1946) was a Scottish doctor who graduated from the London School of Medicine for Women. In 1887, she became a missionary and doctor in India, where she founded what would become a larg ...

(1860–1946), Scottish doctor *

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 21 ...

, born Alexandrina Victoria * Princess

Alexandrina of Baden Princess Alexandrine Luise Amalie Friederike Elisabeth Sophie of Baden (6 December 1820 – 20 December 1904) was Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 29 January 1844 to 22 August 1893 as the wife of Duke Ernest II. She was the eldest child of L ...

(1820–1904) *

(born 1970), Bulgarian operatic soprano *

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 ...

(born 1990), American former figure skater *

Alexandrina Cantacuzino Alexandrina "Didina" Cantacuzino ( Pallady; also known as Alexandrina Grigore Cantacuzino and ( Francized) Alexandrine Cantacuzène; 20 September 1876 – 1944) was a Romanian political activist, philanthropist and diplomat, one of her country's l ...

(1876–1944), Romanian political activist *

(born 1939), Romanian volleyball player *

Alexandrina Hristov Alexandrina Hristov (born 5 May 1978 in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova, is a Romanian singer, who became popular with her song "Fata merge pe jos" ("The girl walks") from the album "Om de lut" ("The Clay Man") released in 2009. She is also a pain ...

(born 1978), Romanian singer * Alexandrina Jay (born 1949), British social worker and academic Alexandrina may also refer to: * Lady Alexandrina de Courcy, a character in the novel ''

Doctor Thorne ''Doctor Thorne'' by Anthony Trollope (Chapman and Hall, London, 1858) is the third novel in the ''Chronicles of Barsetshire'' series, between ''Barchester Towers'' and ''Framley Parsonage''. The idea of the plot was suggested to Trollope by ...

'' by

Anthony Trollope Anthony Trollope (; 24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the '' Chronicles of Barsetshire'', which revolves ar ...

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