Alexandra
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 Cassandra was a beloved of Apollo who had granted her the gift of prophecy, but then cursed her after she scorned his love so that no one would ever believe her predictions. She is depicted in this painting from antiquity being raped by Ajax after the fall of Troy. |
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| Pronunciation | IPA: /ˌælɪgˈzændrə, -ˈzɑn-/ Phonetic: [al-ig-zan-druh, -zahn-] |
| Gender | Feminine, the masculine variant being Alexander. |
| Language(s) | From the Latin Alexandra, itself based upon the Greek Alexandros, from alexein meaning "to ward off, keep off, turn away, defend, protect" and aner meaning "man". |
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| Meaning | "Defender, protector of man". |
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| See also | Alejandra, Aleksandra, Alessandra, Alexandrine, Alex, Alexa, Alexis, Cassandra, Kassandra, Lexi, Lexie, Lexa, Alessia, Alessiya, Alesiya, Olesia, Olesiya, Olessiya, Sandra, Sandrina, Sandrine, Sally, Sandy, Sendy, Shandy, Sasha, Shura, Xandra, Ksandra. The name Alexandria is similar, though itself means "land, place of Alexander". |
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Look up Alexandra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Alexandra (Greek: Αλεξάνδρᾱ) is the feminine form of the given name Alexander, which is a romanization of the Greek name Αλέξανδρος (Alexandros). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb ἀλέξειν (alexein) "to defend" and the noun ἀνδρός (andros), genitive of ἀνήρ (anēr) "man". Thus it may be roughly translated as "protector of man". The name was one of the titles ("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 a-re-ka-sa-da-ra, written in Linear B syllabic script.[1][2]
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[edit] Feminine variants
- Alastríona Irish Gaelic
- Alejandra Spanish
- Aleka Greek
- Aleksandra Polish, Latvian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Estonian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian
- Alessia Italian
- Alessandra Italian
- Alex English
- Alexa English, Romanian
- Alexandra Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish
- Alexandrea English
- Alexandria English
- Alexandrie French
- Alexandrina English
- Alexandrine French, German
- Alexxa English
- Alissandra Sicilian
- Allie English
- Alondra Spanish
- Lekszi Hungarian
- Leska Czech
- Lesya Russian, Ukrainian
- Lexa English
- Lexi English
- Lexie English
- Lexine English
- Lexy English
- Ola Polish
- Oleksandra Ukrainian
- Oleńka Polish
- Olka Polish
- Olunia Polish
- Olusia Polish
- Sacha French
- Sanda Romanian
- Sandie English
- Sandra Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish
- Sandrina Italian
- Sandrine French
- Sandy English
- Saša Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
- Saška Serbian
- Sascha German
- Sasha Russian
- Saundra English, Scottish
- Shura Russian
- Sondra English
- Szandra Hungarian
- Xandra Dutch, English
- Zandra English
[edit] People
[edit] People whose full name is Alexandra
- Alexandra or Cassandra, a prophetess in Greek mythology
- Saint Alexandra, a martyr of the Diocletianic persecutions
- Alexandra (singer) (1942–1969), German singer (stage name; real name Doris Nefedov)
- Princess Alexandra (disambiguation), list of princesses named Alexandra
[edit] People with the given name Alexandra
- Alexandra (singer), German singer, real name Doris Nefedov, maiden name Treitz (1942-1969)
- Alexandra Elena Apostoleanu (born 1986), Romanian singer, better known as Inna
- Alexandra Burke (born 1988), British singer
- Alexandra Caso (born 1987), Dominican Republic volleyball player
- Alexandra Charles (born 1946), Swedish "nightclub queen"
- Alexandra Daddario (born 1986), American actress
- Alexandra Dahlström (born 1984), Swedish actress
- Alexandra David-Néel (1868–1969), French explorer and spiritualist
- Alexandra Dulgheru (born 1989), Romanian tennis player
- Aleksandra von Engelhardt (1754–1838), Russian lady-in-waiting
- Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) (1872–1918), wife of Nicholas II of Russia
- Alexandra Fusai (born 1973), French tennis player
- Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952), Russian politician
- Alexandra Lee (stage name Alexandra Starlight), American singer and songwriter
- Alexandra Maria Lara (born 1978), German actress
- Alexandra Lencastre (born 1965), Portuguese actress
- Alexandra Mavrokordatou (1605–1684), Greek intellectual
- Alexandra Panova (born 1989), Russian tennis player
- Alexandra Paul (born 1963), American actress
- Alexandra Raisman (born 1994), American gymnast
- Alexandra Shiryayeva (born 1983), Russian beach volleyball player
- Alexandra Sokoloff, American novelist and screenwriter
- Alexandra Stevenson (born 1980), American tennis player
- Alexandra Stan (born 1989), Romanian singer
- Alexandra Tydings (born 1972), American actress
- Alexandra Tolstaya (1884–1979), daughter of Leo Tolstoy
- Alexandra Zaretsky (born 1987), Israeli ice dancer
- Alexz Johnson (born 1986), Canadian actress
- Aleksandra Wozniak (born 1987), Canadian tennis player
- Aleksandra Krunić (born 1993), Serbian tennis player
[edit] Fictional characters
- Alexandra Brooks DiMera, aka Lexie Carver, character on the American soap opera Days of our Lives
- Alexandra Nuñez, aka Alex Nuñez, character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Alexandra Russo, aka Alex Russo, character in Wizards of Waverly Place
- Alexandra (Nikita character)
[edit] References
- ^ a-re-ka-sa-da-ra (Alexandra) Palaeolexicon, Word study tool of ancient languages
- ^ The Mycenaean World, by John Chadwick, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1976, 1999
[edit] See also
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