Meaning & History
Diminutive of Alison 1, Alexandra and other names beginning with the same sound. After a 34-year absence from the American top 1000 chart this name began growing in popularity after the premiere of the sitcom Kate and Allie in 1984.
Related Names
VariantsAlex, Alexa, Alexina, Ali, Ally, Lexa, Lexi, Lexie, Lexine, Lexy, Sandie, Sandy, Zandra, Alyx, Drina
DiminutiveLexa
Masculine FormAlexander
Other Languages & CulturesAlexandra(Ancient Greek) Alize(Basque) Aliaksandra, Alesya(Belarusian) Alisa(Bosnian) Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Asya, Sashka(Bulgarian) Alexandra, Alícia(Catalan) Aleksandra, Sanda, Sandra, Sanja, Sanjica, Saša(Croatian) Alexandra, Alice, Sandra(Czech) Alexandra, Alice, Sandra(Danish) Alexandra, Alice, Ada, Adelheid, Aleid, Aleida, Aletta, Alex, Alida, Sacha, Sandra, Sascha, Xandra(Dutch) Aleksandra(Estonian) Aleksandra, Aliisa, Alisa, Aada, Ada, Alli, Iisa(Finnish) Adélaïde, Alexandra, Alice, Alicia, Alison, Alix, Alexandrie, Alexandrine, Alisson, Sandra, Sandrine, Sasha(French) Aleksandra, Alisa(Georgian) Adelheid, Alexandra, Alice, Ada, Alexa, Alida, Heida, Heide, Heidi, Sandra(German) Adalhaid, Adalheidis, Adelais, Ada(Germanic) Alexandra, Aliki, Aleka, Kiki(Greek) Alexandra(Greek Mythology) Alexandra, Aliz, Alexa, Alíz, Szandra(Hungarian) Alexandra, Sandra(Icelandic) Ailís, Ailish, Alastríona(Irish) Adelaide, Alessandra, Alice, Ada, Alessa, Sandra(Italian) Aleksandra, Alise, Sanda, Sandra, Santa(Latvian) Aleksandra, Sandra(Lithuanian) Aleksandra, Sandra, Sashka, Saška(Macedonian) Aalis(Medieval French) Alexandra, Alice, Ada, Sandra(Norwegian) Azalaïs(Occitan) Adelajda, Aleksandra, Alicja, Ada, Ala, Ola, Sandra(Polish) Adelaide, Alexandra, Alexandrina, Alice, Alícia, Sandra(Portuguese) Alexandra, Alexandrina, Andra, Sanda, Sandra(Romanian) Aleksandra, Alexandra, Alisa, Aleks, Aleksandrina, Alesya, Alya, Asya, Olesya, Sanya, Sasha, Sashenka, Shura(Russian) Aileas, Ailis(Scottish Gaelic) Aleksandra, Sandra, Sanja, Saša(Serbian) Alexandra, Alica(Slovak) Aleksandra, Alja, Sandra, Sanja, Saša, Saška(Slovene) Adelaida, Alejandra, Alejandrina, Alicia, Ada, Ale, Sandra(Spanish) Aleida(Spanish (Latin American)) Alexandra, Alice, Alicia, Sandra, Sassa(Swedish) Alisa, Oleksandra, Lesya, Olesya, Sasha(Ukrainian) Alis(Welsh)
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Allie First at Last charactersbass guitaristsBates familyends in -ieends in -lieFlack charactersImpact Knockouts World ChampionsliteratureLove Island USNi no Kuni characterssong titlestelevisionThe Haunting charactersTwo and a Half Men charactersWhen Calls the Heart characterswrestling aliasesYellowjackets characters
