Alexandra Given Name
Gender	Female
Meaning	"Protector of man"
Origin	Greek
Related names	Alexander, Cassandra, Alessandra, Alexandria, Sandra, Aleksandra, Alexa, Alexis, Lexy, Lexi, Leksa, Lexa, Alex, Alexzandra, Zandra, Alexz, Aleks, Alezx, Kassandra Xandra, Alexza, Alekzander, Alekzandra, Alix, Allix, Alexi, Olesia, and Olesya, Sasha all the names ending with an 'a' can be spelled with a 'h' at the end
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Alexandra

Alexandra (Greek: Αλεξάνδρα) is the feminine form of the given name Alexander, which is a romanization of the Greek name Αλέξανδρος (Alexandros). Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Alexander is a common male first name Origin The name in English is taken from the Greek name Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexandros In Linguistics, romanization (or latinization, also spelled romanisation or latinisation) is the representation of a Word or Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb ἀλέξειν (alexein) "to defend" and the noun ἀνδρός (andros), genitive of ἀνήρ (anēr) "man". Etymology is the study of the History of Words &mdash when they entered a language from what source and how their form and meaning have changed over time Thus it may be roughly translated as "protector of man". The earliest attested record of the name is the Mycenaean Alexandra, written in Linear B. Mycenaean is the most ancient attested form of the Greek language, spoken on the Greek mainland and on Crete in the 16th to 11th centuries BC, before the Linear B is a script that was used for writing Mycenaean, an early form of Greek. ^[1]

Contents 1 People 1.1 People with Alexandra as the full name 1.2 People with the given name Alexandra 2 Places 3 Other 4 Shortened to 5 See also

People

People with Alexandra as the full name

• Alexandra or Cassandra, a prophetess in Greek mythology
• Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg (born 1964), former wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark
• Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (born 1970)
• Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925), consort of King Edward

People with the given name Alexandra

• Alexandra Caso, a Dominican Republic volleyball player
• Alexandra Dahlström, a Swedish actress
• Alexandra David-Néel, a French explorer, anarchist, spiritualist, Buddhist and writer
• Alexandra Tydings, an American actress
• Alexandra O'Brien, a Canadian surgeon
• Alexandra Tolstaya, daughter of Leo Tolstoy
• Alexz Johnson, star of The- N show, Instant Star
• Alexandra Papp, a singer in the band Cineman Roles, nicknamed: Loona

Alexandra Kapchinsky, renowned pianist

Places

• Alexandra, New Zealand, town in the South Island
• Alexandra, Oldham, an electoral ward and locality of the town of Oldham, England
• Alexandra, South Africa, township near Johannesburg
• Alexandra, Victoria, a rural town in Australia
• Alexandra Bridge, a Canadian inter-provincial bridge linking Gatineau, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario

Other

• Alexandra's Project an Australian film starring Gary Sweet and Helen Buday
• Alexandra (plant), a genus of flowering plants
• Alexandra (film), a 2007 film by Alexander Sokurov
• HMY Alexandra, a British royal yacht
• HMS Alexandra (1875), a British Victorian-era ironclad battleship
• 54 Alexandra, an asteroid
• Alexandra (1905 automobile), an early British automobile

Shortened to

• Alex
• Allie
• Ali
• Alie
• Alli
• Andra
• Lexi
• Lexie
• Lex
• Lexy
• Lexa
• Ally
• Xandra
• Alexa
• Sandra
• Ale
• Sasha
• Alix
• Allix
• Lesh
• Olesia

See also

• Alessandra
• Alexandria
• Sandra (given name)

In Greek mythology, Cassandra ( Greek: Κασσάνδρα "she who entangles men" (also known as Alexandra) was the daughter of King Alexandra Christina Countess of Frederiksborg ( Née Alexandra Christina Manley, formerly Princess Alexandra of Denmark) born 30 June 1964 is a former HH Princess Alexandra Rosemarie Ingrid Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Countess of Pfeil and Klein-Ellguth (born November 20 1970 in Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Carolina Marie Charlotte Louise Julia 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925 was Queen Consort to Edward VII of the United Kingdom Alexandra Caso Sierra (born April 25, 1987) is a female Volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed for her native country Alexandra Dahlström (born February 12, 1984) is a Swedish actress Alexandra David-Néel born Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David (born in Saint-Mandé on October 24, 1868, and died in Digne-les-Bains Alexandra Tydings Luzzatto (born Alexandra Huntingdon Tydings on December 15, 1972 in Washington DC) is an American actress Alexandra Lvovna (1884-1979 also known by her nickname Sasha was the youngest daughter and secretary of the famous Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. Alexzandra Spencer Johnson (born November 4, 1986) is a Canadian actress and singer/songwriter known for her roles in Final Destination 3 and History The town was founded during the Central Otago goldrush in the 1860s and was named after Alexandra of Denmark Alexandra (sometimes nicknamed "Alex" is a township located in Gauteng province, South Africa. Alexandra is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located at the junction of the Goulburn Valley Highway (B340 and Maroondah Highway (B360 26 kilometres west of This article is for the bridge between Ottawa ON and Hull QC For the Cariboo Wagon road and associated provincial park in British Columbia see Alexandra Bridge Provincial Alexandra's Project is a 2003 Drama / thriller Australian movie For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Gary Sweet (born 22 May 1957 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian Film and Television actor known for his roles in Helen Buday (born 1962) is an Australian theatre TV movie actress and singer Alexandra (Александра is a 2007 Russian film about the Second Chechen War, written and directed by Alexander Sokurov HMY Alexandra was a British Royal Yacht built in 1907 by River Clyde shipbuilders A & J Inglis, Glasgow, Scotland Service history She was commissioned at Chatham on 2 January 1877 as flagship Mediterranean Fleet and held this position continuously until 1889 TemplateInfobox Planet. --> 54 Alexandra is a very large and dark Main belt Asteroid. The Alexandra was an all-wooden bodied electric brougham made by the Phoenix Carriage Co of Birmingham from 1905 to 1906 Alison (name|Allison (name|Alexandra Allie is a Given name. It can refer to Allie Reynolds (1917-1994 an American major league baseball pitcher ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (a=علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب|t=ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib 13th Rajab, 24 BH – 21st Ramaḍān, 40 AH For Andra village in Andhra Pradesh, see Andra Vizianagaram. Andra is a 1971 Science fiction novel the first novel by English Lexy is a commune of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in France. Lexa is a city in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 331 at the 2000 census. Ale is a type of Beer brewed from Malted Barley using a top-fermenting Brewers' yeast. Sasha can refer to several things Sasha (name Sasha a character from the Bratz line of fashion dolls Sasha (deejay Alix, or The Adventures of Alix, is a popular Franco-Belgian comics series drawn in the Ligne claire style by one its masters Alexandria ( Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Eskendereyya; Standard Arabic: ar الإسكندرية Al-Iskandariyya; Ἀλεξάνδρεια Sandra is a popular female name It is often a shortened form of Alexandra, the female version of Alexander, which means Protector of Men.

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