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| language            = From the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''Aleksandra'', the female form of ''Alexandros'', from ''alexein'' meaning "to ward off, keep off, turn away, defend, protect" and ''aner'' meaning "man"

| name day            = August 30

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'''Alexandra''' ({{Langx|grc|Ἀλεξάνδρα}}){{Efn|{{Lang|el|Alexándra}}, {{IPA|grc|aleksándra|lang|link=yes}}<br>{{IPA|el|aleˈksanðra|label=[[Modern Greek]]:}}|name=|group=lower-alpha}} is a female [[given name]] of Greek origin. It is the first attested form of its variants, including [[Alexander]] ({{Langx|grc|Ἀλέξανδρος}}, {{Lang|grc-Latn|Aléxandros}}).<ref name="Hanks Hardcastle Hodges 2006">{{cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |author-link=Patrick Hanks |last2=Hardcastle |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |series=Oxford paperback reference |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |oclc=67869278 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC&pg=PT52 |page=52 |access-date=5 May 2019}}</ref> [[Etymology|Etymologically]], the name is a compound of the Greek verb {{lang|grc|ἀλέξειν}} ({{Lang|grc-Latn|alexein}}; meaning 'to defend') and {{lang|grc|ἀνήρ}} ({{Lang|grc-Latn|anēr}}<small>; [[genitive|GEN]]</small> {{lang|grc|ἀνδρός}}, {{Lang|grc-Latn|andros}}; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man".<ref>{{LSJ|a)le/candros|Ἀλέξανδρος|ref}}</ref><ref>{{LSJ|a)le/cw|ἀλέξειν|shortref}}</ref><ref>{{LSJ|a)nh/r|ἀνήρ|shortref}}.</ref> The name Alexandra was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess [[Hera]] 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]] {{lang|gmy|𐀀𐀩𐀏𐀭𐀅𐀨}} ({{Lang|gmy-Latn|a-re-ka-sa-da-ra}} or /{{Lang|gmy-Latn|aleksandra}}/), written in the [[Linear B]] syllabic script.<ref>Tablet [[Mycenae|MY]] V 659 (61). {{cite web |url=http://www.palaeolexicon.com/default.aspx?static=12&wid=217 |title=The Linear B word a-re-ka-sa-da-ra |website=Palaeolexicon. Word study tool of ancient languages}} {{cite web |url=https://www2.hf.uio.no/damos/Index/item/chosen_item_id/5622 |title=MY 659 V (61) |website=DĀMOS Database of Mycenaean at Oslo |publisher=[[University of Oslo]]}} {{cite web |last=Raymoure |first=K.A. |url=http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/resources/linear-b-sign-groups/a/a-re-ka-sa-da-ra-qe/ |title=a-re-ka-sa-da-ra-qe |work=Deaditerranean. Minoan Linear A & Mycenaean Linear B}} {{cite book |title=The Mycenaean World |first=John |last=Chadwick |author1-link=John Chadwick |place=New York |publisher=Cambridge University Press |orig-year=1976 |year=1999}}</ref> Alexandra and its masculine equivalent, Alexander, are both common names in [[Greece]] as well as countries where [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[Romance languages|Romance]], and [[Slavic languages]] are spoken.

== Variants ==

* Aliaksandra ([[Belarusian language|Belarusian]])

* Αλεξάνδρα (Greek)

* Leska (Czech)

* Ola (Polish)

* Sacha (French)

* Sascha (German)

* Szandra (Hungarian)

* [[Alexandra Bastedo]] (1946–2014), English actress

* [[Alexandra Beaton]] (born {{c.|1994}}), Canadian actress

* [[Alexandra Benado]] (born 1976), Chilean politician and football player

* [[Alexandra Béres]] (born 1976), Hungarian bodybuilder and curler

* [[Alexandra Beukes]], South African politician

* [[Alexandra Beverfjord]] (born 1977), Norwegian journalist, crime fiction writer, and newspaper editor

* [[Alexandra Boltasseva]] (born 1978), Russian engineer and physicist

* [[Alexandra Botez]] (born 1995), American–Canadian chess player and Twitch streamer

* [[Alexandra Bounxouei]] (born 1987), Laotian–Bulgarian actress, model, and singer

* [[Alexandra W. Busch]] (born 1975), German Roman archaeologist

* [[Alexandra Byrne]] (born 1962), English costume designer

* [[Alexandra Cardenas]] (born 1976), Colombian composer

* [[Alexandra Carlisle]] (1886–1936), English actress and suffragist

* [[Alexandra Chong]], Jamaican entrepreneur

* [[Alexandra Chreiteh]] (born 1987), Lebanese author

* [[Alexandra Coletti]] (born 1983), Monégasque alpine skier

* [[Alexandra Cousteau]] (born 1976), French environmental activist and filmmaker

* [[Alexandra Cunha]] (born 1962), Mozambican–born Portuguese marine biologist

* [[Alexandra Heminsley]] (born 1976), British journalist and writer

* [[Alexandra Henao]], Venezuelan cinematographer and director

* [[Alexandra Hernandez]] (born 1981), French singer and songwriter

* [[Alexandra Hidalgo]], Venezuelan–American documentarian

* [[Alexandra Höglund]] (born 1990), Swedish football player

* [[Alexandra Holden]] (born 1977), American actress

* [[Alexandra van Huffelen]] (born 1968), Dutch politician

* [[Alexandra Ashley Hughes]] (born 1985), Canadian singer and songwriter

* [[Alexandra Kropotkin]] (1887–1966), Russian–American writer

* [[Alexandra Krosney]], American actress

* [[Alexandra Kutas]] (born 1993), Ukrainian model

* [[Alexandra Lacrabère]] (born 1987), French handballer

* [[Alexandra Lamy]] (born 1971), French actress

* [[Alexandra Lisney]] (born 1987), Australian cyclist and rower

* [[Alexandra London]] (born 1973), French actress

* [[Alexandra López]] (born 1989), Spanish soccer player

* [[Alexandra Louis]] (born 1983), French lawyer and politician

* [[Alexandra Lydon]], American actress

* [[Kidnapping of Alexandra Măceșanu|Alexandra Măceșanu]] (2003–2019), Romanian murder victim

* [[Alexandra Makovskaya]] (1837–1915), Russian landscape painter

* [[Alexandra Manly]] (born 1998), Australian cyclist

* [[Alexandra Muñoz]] (born 1992), Peruvian volleyball player

* [[Alexandra Munteanu]] (born 1980), Romanian alpine skier

* [[Alexandra Najarro]] (born 1993), Canadian figure skater

* [[Alexandra Nancarrow]] (born 1993), Australian tennis player

* [[Alexandra Nemich]] (born 1995), Kazakhstani synchronized swimmer

* [[Alexandra Nereïev]] (born 1976), French painter and sculptor

* [[Alexandra Newton]], South African pharmacology professor

* [[Alexandra Niepel]] (born 1970), British tennis player

* [[Alexandra Nikiforova]] (born 1993), Russian actress

<!--* Alexandra Norman (born 1983), Canadian squash player-->

* [[Alexandra Obolentseva]] (born 2001), Russian chess player

* [[Alexandra Recchia]] (born 1988), French karateka

* [[Alexandra Reid]] (born 1989), American rapper and singer

* [[Alexandra Richards]] (born 1986), American artist and model

* [[Alexandra Richter]] (born 1967), Brazilian actress

* [[Alexandra Saduakassova]] (born 2002), Kazakh sport shooter

* [[Alexandra Sahlen]] (born 1982), American soccer player

* [[Alexandra Salvador]] (born 1995), Canadian–born Ecuadorian soccer player

* [[Alexandra Savior]] (born 1995), American singer and songwriter

* [[Alexandra Soumm]] (born 1989), Russian–born French violinist

* [[Alexandra Sourla]] (born 1973), Greek equestrian

* [[Alexandra Stan]] (born 1989), Romanian singer

* [[Alexandra Stepanova]] (born 1995), Russian ice dancer

* [[Aleksandra Shchekoldina]] (born 2002), retired Russian gymnast

* [[Aleksandra Stepanović]] (born 1994), Serbian volleyball player

* [[Aleksandra Vukajlović]] (born 1997), Serbian handball player

* [[Aleksandra Wozniak]] (born 1987), Canadian tennis player

* [[Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm]] (born 1949), Polish writer

* 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]]''

* [[Aleksandra Billewicz]], a character in ''Deluge'' by Henryk Sienkiewicz

* Alexandra "Lex" Foster, the main protagonist of ''[[Team StarKid]]'''s [[Black Friday (musical)]]

== See also ==