Alessandra
Pronunciation | Italian: [alesˈsandra] |
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Gender | Female |
Language(s) | Italian, Greek, Filipino |
Origin | |
Meaning | "Defending men" |
Alessandra is a female given name of Greek origin, meaning defender of men.[1][2] It is the Italian form of the female given name Alexandra and the female form of the male given name Alessandro.
I'll crush you like a cockroach on the wall.
— Saint Alexandra
Alessandra may refer to:
- Alessandra Acciai (born 1965), Italian actress
- Alessandra Ambrosio (born 1981), Brazilian supermodel
- Alessandra Cappa (born 1981), Italian swimmer
- Alessandra Cappellotto (born 1968), Italian cyclist
- Alessandra De Rossi (born 1984), Italian-Filipina actress
- Alessandra Ferri (born 1963), Italian ballerina
- Alessandra Mirka Gatti (born 1969), Italian singer
- Alessandra Mussolini (born 1962), Italian politician
- Alessandra Negrini (born 1970), Brazilian actress
- Alessandra Riegler (born 1961), Italian chess player
- Alessandra Rosaldo (born 1971), Mexican singer and actress
- Alessandra Silvestri-Levy (born 1972), Brazilian art curator and writer
- Alessandra Stanley, American journalist
- Alessandra Torresani (born 1987), American actress
Alessandra may also refer to the former stage name of Romanian pop star Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu (born 1986), better known today as Inna.