Alexandra

This article is about the human name. For other uses, see Alexandra (disambiguation).
Alexandra
Pronunciation IPA: /ˌælɪɡˈzændrəˌ -ˈzɑːn-/
Phonetic: AL-ig-ZAN-drə or AL-ig-ZAHN-drə
Gender Feminine, the masculine form being Alexander.
Language(s) From the Greek Alexandra, the female form of Alexandros, from alexein meaning "to ward off, keep off, turn away, defend, protect" and aner meaning "man".
Name day March 18
Origin
Meaning "Defender Of Mankind".
Other names
See also Alejandra, Aleksandra, Alessandra, Alexandrine, Alex, Alexa, Alexis, Cassandra, Kassandra, Lexi, Lexie, Lexa, Alessia, Alessiya, Alesiya, Olesia, Olesiya, Olessiya, Sandra, Sandrna, Sandrine, Sally, Sandy, Sendy, Shandy, Sasha, Shura, Xandra, Ksandra.
The name Alexandria is similar, though itself means "land, place of Alexander".

Alexandra (Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρα) is a romanization of the Greek name Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexandros) and is the feminine form of the given name Alexander. Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb ἀλέξειν (alexein) "to defend" and ἀνήρ (anēr) "man" (GEN ἀνδρός andros). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man".[1][2][3] The name was one of the titles or 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 𐀀𐀩𐀏𐀭𐀅𐀨, a-re-ka-sa-da-ra, written in the Linear B syllabic script.[4]

Feminine variants

People

People whose full name is Alexandra

People with the given name Alexandra

Fictional characters

References

  1. ↑ Ἀλέξανδρος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
  2. ↑ ἀλέξειν in Liddell and Scott
  3. ↑ ἀνήρ in Liddell and Scott.
  4. ↑ Tablet MY V 659 (61). "The Linear B word a-re-ka-sa-da-ra". Palaeolexicon. Word study tool of ancient languages. "MY 659 V (61)". DĀMOS Database of Mycenaean at Oslo. University of Oslo. Raymoure, K.A. "a-re-ka-sa-da-ra-qe". Deaditerranean. Minoan Linear A & Mycenaean Linear B. Chadwick, John (1999) [1976]. The Mycenaean World. New York: Cambridge University Press.

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