Alexandra
Feminine form of Alexander: from Greek ἀλέξειν, "to defend", and ἀνδρός, "of a man", together read as "defender of men".
Meaning and origin
Alexandra spread across Europe as the standard feminine counterpart to Alexander, taken up in German, Dutch, French, the Scandinavian languages, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Catalan and…
How to pronounce Alexandra
| English (US) | al-ig-ZAN-druh /ˌælɪɡˈzændrə/ |
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