Alexa is a female form of Alex. It is variously a given name in its own right or a short form 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 ...

, both of which come from

the Greek The Greek is a fictional character on the HBO drama ''The Wire'', played by actor Bill Raymond. The Greek is the head of an international criminal organization involved in narcotics and human trafficking. The Greek is a mysterious figure involved ...

name Alexandros. It can be broken down into ''alexo'' meaning "to defend" and ''ander'' meaning "man", making both Alexa and Alexandra mean "defender of man". The similarly-spelled name Aleksa is a South Slavic masculine name.

Modern popularity

In the United States, the name Alexa first appeared on the chart of the top 1,000 most popular baby girl names in the year 1973. It stayed in the lower ranks of the top 1000 until 1986 when it jumped from number 815 to number 431. Popularity continued to climb and Alexa was ranked in the top 100 in the mid-1990s. According to the Social Security Administration, its highest popularity, 39th, was achieved in 2006. The name's popularity decreased rapidly after Amazon picked it as the wake word of its voice service

Amazon Alexa Amazon Alexa, also known simply as Alexa, is a virtual assistant technology largely based on a Polish speech synthesiser named Ivona, bought by Amazon in 2013. It was first used in the Amazon Echo smart speaker and the Echo Dot, Echo Studio and ...

, which was released worldwide in 2016.

Notable people with the name

Given name

Alexa Alemanni Alexa Alemanni is an American actress. She appeared as Allison, secretary to Don Draper on the AMC original series ''Mad Men'' (2007–2010). Life and career Alemanni is a graduate of Vassar College with a bachelor's degree in theatre performan ...

, American actress *

Alexa Chung Alexa Chung (born 5 November 1983) is a British television presenter, model, internet personality, writer, and fashion designer. She wrote the book ''It'' (2013). Her fashion label Alexa Chung, stylized , launched in May 2017 and closed in 2022. ...

(born 1983), British TV presenter *

Alexa Curtis (singer) Alexa Curtis (born 4 January 2004) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She won '' The Voice Kids Australia'' as part of Team Delta in 2014, and subsequently signed with Universal Music Australia. Curtis represented Australia in t ...

(born 2004), Australian singer, winner of The Voice Kids Australia * Alexa Curtis (entrepreneur), American entrepreneur and writer *

Alexa Davalos Alexa Davalos Dunas (born May 28, 1982) is an American actress. Her early role as Gwen Raiden on the fourth season of the TV series ''Angel'' (2002–03) was followed by some Hollywood films, including ''The Chronicles of Riddick'' (2004), ''F ...

(born 1982), French-American actress * Alexa Davies (born 1995), British actress *

Alexa Dectis Alexa Dectis (born March 5, 1993) is an American lawyer and former child actress. She has been a spokesperson for the Muscular Dystrophy Association since age five. Diagnosed with type 2 spinal muscular atrophy as a child, she uses a wheelchair ...

(born 1993), American actress * Alexa Demara (born 1989), American actress *

Alexa Fairchild Alexa Fairchild (born 23 November 1994, New York City, New York) is a Belgian equestrian athlete and fashion designer. Fairchild started riding at a young age and competed in the youth dressage classes, including the European Youth Championships ...

(born 1994), Belgian equestrian athlete *

Alexa Glatch Alexa Glatch (born September 10, 1989) is an American professional tennis player. Junior career She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls-14s and Girls-18s divisions ...

(born 1989), American tennis player * Alexa Goddard (born 1988), British singer *

Alexa Hampton Alexa Hampton is an American interior designer based in New York City, principal of the interior design firm Mark Hampton LLC. She also designs home furnishings through her company Alexa Hampton Inc., and acts as the creative director, strategic ...

(born 1971), American entrepreneur *

Alexa Havins Alexa Carole Havins (born November 16, 1980) is an American actress. She first came to prominence in 2003, when she became the originating actress in the role of Babe Carey Chandler on the soap opera ''All My Children''. Her role as the flawed b ...

(born 1980), American actress * Alexa Hepburn, Reader in Conversation Analysis in the Social Sciences Department at Loughborough University *

Alexa Hirschfeld Alexa Hirschfeld is an entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a busi ...

(born 1985), American entrepreneur *

Alexa Hunt Shirl Henke is an American best-selling author of contemporary and historical romance novels. She has eclectic tastes and has written historical, contemporary, western, and regency-themed books. She also writes mystery novels using the pen n ...

(born 1942), American author *

Alexa Ilacad Alexandra Madarang Ilacad (born 26 February 2000), better known as Alexa Ilacad is a Filipino actress, singer, songwriter, host, dancer, vlogger and model. She appears in various commercials and shows of ABS-CBN Corporation, ABS-CBN, and is bes ...

(born 2000), Filipina actress *

Alexa Ray Joel Alexa Ray Joel (born December 29, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Her parents are singer-songwriter Billy Joel and model Christie Brinkley. Joel released an EP ''Sketches'' (2006) and several singles on independent record ...

(born 1985), singer-songwriter and daughter of Billy Joel * Alexa Junge, American screenwriter *

Alexa Kenin Alexa Jordan Kenin (February 16, 1962 – September 10, 1985) was an American actress known for her supporting roles in several films released during the 1980s, including ''Little Darlings'' (1980), '' Honkytonk Man'' (1982), and ''Pretty in ...

(1962–1985), American actress * Alexa Komarnycky (born 1989), Canadian swimmer * Alexa Loo (born 1972), Canadian snowboarder * Alexa McDonough (born 1944), Canadian politician * Alexa Moreno (born 1994), Mexican artistic gymnast *

Alexa Nikolas Alexa Nikolas (born April 4, 1992) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Nicole Bristow on the Nickelodeon television series ''Zoey 101''. Nikolas has also appeared on various other television series, including '' That's Life'', ...

(born 1992), American actress *

Alexa von Porembsky Alexa von Porembsky (5 June 1906 - 18 August 1981) was a Hungarian-born German actress. Selected filmography * '' Leontine's Husbands'' (1928) * ''Woman in the Moon'' (1929) - Eine Veilchenverkäuferin * ''Road to Rio'' (1931) - Die Unerfahre ...

(1906–1981), German actor * Alexa Sand, American art history professor * Alexa Scimeca (born 1991), American pair skater * Alexa Still, Australian musician *

Alexa Stirling Alexa Stirling Fraser (September 5, 1897 – April 15, 1977) was an American-Canadian amateur golfer. She won the U.S. Women's Amateur golf championship in 1916, 1919, and 1920. She also won the Canadian Women's Amateur title in 1920 and 1934. ...

(1897-1977), American golf player *

Alexa Suelzer Alexa Suelzer (June 19, 1918 – June 26, 2015) was an American author, educator and theologian known for her Old Testament criticism. A Roman Catholic religious sister, she was a member of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, ...

(born 1918), American author *

Alexa Vega Alexa Ellesse PenaVega (née Vega; born August 27, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Carmen Cortez in the ''Spy Kids'' film series and Julie Corky in the 2004 film ''Sleepover''. In 2009, she starred as the ...

(born 1988), Colombian American actress * Alexa Viscius, American multi-disciplinary artist *

Alexa Von Tobel Alexa von Tobel (born October 6, 1983) is the founder and CEO of LearnVest.com, a personal finance website, and the founder and Managing Partner of Inspired Capital. Von Tobel is the author of the New York Times bestseller ''Financially Fearles ...

(born 1984), founder and CEO of LearnVest.com *

Alexa Weber Morales Alexa Weber Morales is a Grammy Award-winning salsa jazz singer-songwriter noted for "her flamboyantly multilingual repertoire" and based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Biography Born in Berkeley, California, and attending schools in Berkeley, S ...

, American Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter, editor * Alexa Wilkinson, American singer and musician * Alexa Woodward, American indie/folk singer and songwriter

Fictional

Alexa Bliss Alexis Cabrera (née Kaufman; born August 9, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Alexa Bliss. In 2013, Bliss signed a contract with WWE and was a ...

, ring name of professional wrestler Alexis Kaufman (born 1991) *Alexa Lexington from ''

MySims ''MySims'' is a video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts as a spin-off to Maxis' ''The Sims'' franchise for the Wii and Nintendo DS in September 2007, re-released for Microsoft Windows in 2008. Overview ...

'', ''

MySims Kingdom ''MySims Kingdom'' is a video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts as a spin-off to Maxis' ''The Sims'' franchise for the Nintendo DS and Wii in 2008. ''MySims Kingdom'' is a follow-up to ''MySims'', which was r ...

'', and ''

MySims Agents ''MySims Agents'' is a 2009 mystery life simulation video game published by Electronic Arts. The fifth instalment in the ''MySims'' series, it was released in Europe on September 25, 2009 for both the Nintendo DS and the Wii. It was slated for r ...

'' * Alexa Pappadopoulos, a character from the ''

Degrassi ''Degrassi'' is a Canadian television franchise created by Kit Hood and Linda Schuyler in 1979. It is centred on a multigenerational teen drama about an ensemble cast of teenagers attending the namesake Toronto school as they navigate their ...

'' teen drama franchise. *Alexa, one of the characters from the

Diva Starz Diva Starz was a series of talking fashion dolls created and released by Mattel in October 2000. They are similar in design to MGA's Bratz and Tiger Electronics' Furby. Alexa, Nikki, Summer—later replaced by Miranda—and Tia were offered in t ...

toy line *

Alexa Rivera ''The Flash'' is an American television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Geoff Johns, based on the DC Comics character the Flash. The series premiered on The CW television network in the United States on October 7, 2014, ...

, also known as Fuerza, character in ''The Flash'' * Alexa Smith, character in ''EastEnders'' * Alexa Woods, character in ''Alien vs. Predator''

Surname

Dan Alexa Dan Alexa (born 28 October 1979) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. As a defensive midfielder, he spent 16 years as a professional player. After he ended his playing career, Alexa became a manager. His first job was ...

(born 1979), Romanian footballer *

Kate Alexa Kate Alexa GudinskiCameron Adams "Kate Alexa speaks to us"< ...

(born 1988), Australian singer *

AleXa Alexa may refer to: Technology *Amazon Alexa, a virtual assistant developed by Amazon * Alexa Internet, a defunct website ranking and traffic analysis service * Arri Alexa, a digital motion picture camera People * Alexa (name), a given name a ...

(born 1996), South Korean American singer

References

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