Girl's name
Aleksandra
Say it ah-lek-SAHN-drah
Roots in Greek and Latin to ward off, defend
4 syllables
Where Aleksandra is loved, common and rare
Common in Poland. Rare in Slovenia, Norway, Austria and seven more places. Loved in Moscow.
1 in 3,521 girls born in Ireland in 2025
Poland 28thSlovenia 204thNorway 287th
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Every place
In 12 of the 40 official lists, among them Poland (28th), Slovenia (204th) and Norway (287th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 28th 2025 | 1,308 | 1 in 92 |
| Slovenia | 204th 2025 | 6 | about 1 in 1,102 |
| Norway | 287th 2025 | 13 | 1 in 1,677 |
| Austria | 408th 2025 | 12 | 1 in 2,977 |
| Ireland | 544th 2025 | 6 | 1 in 3,521 |
| Cologne city | 630th 2023 | 1 | about 1 in 6,143 |
| Switzerland | 788th 2025 | 7 | 1 in 4,856 |
| England and Wales | 1407th 2025 | 22 | 1 in 11,513 |
| Ontario province | 1409th 2024 | 7 | about 1 in 7,781 |
| Italy | 1538th 2024 | 5 | 1 in 35,834 |
| Moscow city Александра | 8th 2025 | 1,180 | rank only |
| Leipzig city | 212th 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 1,312 |
Rare, below the listed names: Scotland, Northern Ireland, Quebec, British Columbia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, France, the Netherlands, Berlin, Munich, Bonn, Rostock, Sweden, Spain, Catalonia, Hungary and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Moscow publishes names in Cyrillic. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Moscow Civil Registry Office (ZAGS), data.mos.ru (Moscow); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source
About the name
A spelling of Alexandra, Aleksandra is the feminine form of the Greek Aléxandros. The meaning given for it is 'to ward off, defend', from the first part of that Greek name.
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Four syllables, said ah-lek-SAHN-drah, with the stress on the third. Sandra and Sandy are among its short forms. Alexandra, Alessandra, Alejandra and Oleksandra are forms from other languages.
Poland is where it is most popular, as a top-30 name, and it is also used in Slovenia and Norway. English-speaking countries use this spelling rarely, mainly in Ireland, England and Wales, and Ontario. French records place its peak in the mid-1990s, and it is falling in more regions than it is rising.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- ah-lek-SAHN-drah, 4 syllables
- Meaning
to ward off, defend
- Origin
- Greek and Latin
- Other spellings
- Alexandra
- Sandra
- Alejandra
- Alessandra
- Oleksandra
- Aleksandrīna
- Sanda
- Zanda
- Aliaksandra
- Alexsandra
- Sandy
- Sasha
- Alyxandra
Etymology
A Nordic spelling variant of Alexandra, corresponding to the feminine counterpart of Aleksander. The underlying name is Latin Alexandra (“female given name”), from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra), the feminine form of Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “male given name”).
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 1 of 9 regions, falling in 3.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 381 | 420 | 400 | 562 | 559 | 755 | 785 | 1525 | 1230 | 1407 |
| Scotland | 356 | 304 | 348 | 493 | 471 | 749 | 541 | |||
| Northern Ireland | 229 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 288 | 272 | 361 | 313 | 495 | 464 | 555 | 556 | 544 | |
| Ontario | 705 | 565 | 1007 | 1240 | 1122 | 1259 | 1156 | 1409 | ||
| France | 1716 | 2024 | 2516 | 2530 | 3605 | 2509 | 3650 | 2420 | 3443 | |
| The Netherlands | 680 | 837 | 959 | 986 | 833 | |||||
| Austria | 282 | 249 | 354 | 311 | 380 | 399 | 341 | 436 | 552 | 408 |
| Switzerland | 406 | 570 | 711 | 707 | 765 | 795 | 892 | 622 | 527 | 788 |
| Berlin | 963 | 637 | 432 | 496 | 353 | 654 | 468 | |||
| Rostock | 283 | 199 | 202 | |||||||
| Norway | 267 | 277 | 237 | 310 | 286 | 303 | 402 | 322 | 385 | 287 |
| Sweden | 618 | |||||||||
| Italy | 692 | 758 | 1027 | 1538 | ||||||
| Poland | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 28 |
| Slovenia | 171 | 111 | 157 | 138 | 155 | 198 | 204 | |||
| Estonia | 9 | |||||||||
| Moscow | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1407 | 22 | 8.7 |
| 2024 | 1230 | 27 | 10.5 |
| 2023 | 1525 | 20 | 7.8 |
| 2022 | 785 | 46 | 17.5 |
| 2021 | 755 | 49 | 17.9 |
| 2020 | 559 | 70 | 26.1 |
| 2019 | 562 | 72 | 25.7 |
| 2018 | 400 | 111 | 38.5 |
| 2017 | 420 | 105 | 35.1 |
| 2016 | 381 | 120 | 39.1 |
| 2015 | 406 | 111 | 36.0 |
| 2014 | 382 | 117 | 38.2 |
| 2013 | 386 | 113 | 36.6 |
| 2012 | 345 | 140 | 43.5 |
| 2011 | 362 | 131 | 40.8 |
| 2010 | 292 | 164 | 51.1 |
| 2009 | 331 | 133 | 42.4 |
| 2008 | 393 | 111 | 35.2 |
| 2007 | 481 | 81 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 816 | 37 | 12.4 |
| 2005 | 1295 | 18 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 1836 | 11 | 3.8 |
| 2003 | 2727 | 6 | 2.2 |
| 2002 | 2105 | 8 | 3.0 |
| 2001 | 1617 | 11 | 4.1 |
| 2000 | 1250 | 15 | 5.5 |
| 1999 | 2189 | 7 | 2.5 |
| 1998 | 3846 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 1997 | 2411 | 6 | 2.0 |
| 1996 | 3795 | 3 | 1.0 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Aleksandra in France since 1925 were born in or after 1999. First recorded in 1970. Her peak year there: 1996, at 8.4 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Aleksandra per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 1996 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Aleksandra
1 in 42,214 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Aleksandra.
1 in 11,012 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Aleksandra.
1 in 19,483 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Aleksandra.
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Aleksandra. Same first letter as Aleksandra.
1 in 2,222 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Aleksandra.
1 in 5,964 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Aleksandra.
1 in 754 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Aleksandra.
1 in 3,521 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Aleksandra.
1 in 5,282 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Aleksandra.
1 in 1,111 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Aleksandra.
Middle names for Aleksandra
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Aleksandra Charlotte
4-2 beats · initials AC
Changes the beat after Aleksandra: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Aleksandra Sophie
4-2 beats · initials AS
Changes the beat after Aleksandra: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Aleksandra Grace
4-1 beats · initials AG
Changes the beat after Aleksandra: 4 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Aleksandra Maria
4-3 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Aleksandra: 4 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 102 in Ireland
Aleksandra Mia
4-2 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Aleksandra: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Aleksandra Ruby
4-2 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Aleksandra: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Aleksandra Rose
4-1 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Aleksandra: 4 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Aleksandra Emily
4-3 beats · initials AE · Aleksandra slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Aleksandra: 4 syllables, then 3 syllables. Aleksandra slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Same style as Aleksandra
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 19,483 in England and Wales
92% alike: moves with Aleksandra across countries and decades.
1 in 1,243 in Ireland
87% alike: moves with Aleksandra across countries and decades.
1 in 42,214 in England and Wales
87% alike: moves with Aleksandra across countries and decades.
1 in 2,236 in Scotland
86% alike: moves with Aleksandra across countries and decades.
1 in 2,556 in Scotland
86% alike: moves with Aleksandra across countries and decades.
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
85% alike: moves with Aleksandra across countries and decades.
1 in 2,113 in Ireland
85% alike: moves with Aleksandra across countries and decades.
1 in 5,277 in England and Wales
84% alike: moves with Aleksandra across countries and decades.
Famous people named Aleksandra
Aleksandra Ekster, Aleksandra Pakhmutova, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Aleksandra Krunić, Aleksandra Wozniak, Aleksandra Mirosław, Aleksandra Chudina and Aleksandra Skochilenko.
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Ukrainian and French painter and designer (1882–1949)
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Soviet and Russian composer born 1929
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Russian chess player born 1998
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Serbian tennis player born 1993
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Canadian tennis player born 1987
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Polish rock climber born 1994
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Soviet track and field athlete and volleyball player (1923-1990)
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Russian artist born 1990
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Aleksandra
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Aleksandra?
Her best rank is No. 28 in Poland in 2025, about 1 in 92 girls. She is in the published lists of 12 of our 40 regions.
What does Aleksandra mean?
Wiktionary glosses Aleksandra as "to ward off, defend".
How do you pronounce Aleksandra?
ah-lek-SAHN-drah, with 4 syllables.
Is Aleksandra getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 1 of 9 regions, falling in 3.
Which sister names go with Aleksandra?
The deck's top five sisters for Aleksandra: Paulina, Magdalena, Karolina, Anastasia and Natalia. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.