Alexandra

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Alexandra ( Greek Αλεξάνδρα ) is a feminine given name .

Origin and meaning

Derived from the Greek words ἀλέξειν alexein "(be) protect, defend" and ἀνδρός andros (= genitive form of ἀνήρ anēr "man"), Alexandra means "the (foreign) men defending person", "the defender" or "the protector ". In the linear B spelling A-re-ka-sa-da-ra (= Aleksa (n) dra ) the name is around 1200 BC. Already attested in Mycenaean times.

Also in Mycenaean times, a patron goddess Alexandra was venerated in Amyklai : on an inscription column showing a relief of a goddess playing lyre, the words “in the sanctuary of Alexandra” can be found. The cult of Alexandra is also attested for Leuctra in Laconia and for the Daunians . This Alexandra is also equated with the Trojan seer Kassandra , for example in the dramatic monologue Alexandra von Lycophron.

name day

Alexandra's name day is celebrated on the following days:

distribution

The first name Alexandra was most often given in Germany in the 1970s; During this time it appears frequently among the twenty most common female first names. In Heidelberg, between 1972 and 1974, it appears more than 100 times in the registry office's entries, making it the most popular first name of these three years. In 2009 it was only 109th in Germany. Accordingly, the current average age of women who bear the name Alexandra in Germany is 38 years. In Austria, Alexandra was awarded a total of 403 times in 1987, making it 33rd of the most common female first names. This is the best value for the years 1985–2008. In Italian-speaking Switzerland, the name Alessandra was given five to ten times between 2000 and 2009, making it 41st to 26th. While Alexandra does not appear in the first 50 ranks during this period, the first name Alessia is popular. For example, it ranks 17th in German-speaking Switzerland in 2005, 7th in Italian-speaking Switzerland in 2004 and even 4th in Rhaeto-Romanic Switzerland in 2008, albeit with only two entries.

In Italy, Alessandra was the 22nd most frequently given female first name in 2006, Alessia was 6th. Aleksandra is a very common first name in Poland. The first name Alexandra was very popular in Great Britain after the future Edward VII married the Danish Princess Alexandra in 1863 . The name has been common in the United States since the 1980s. Since 1984 it has consistently been among the 100 most popular female first names, in 1995 and 1996 it was the most popular with 26th place. From 1990 to 2001 Alexandria also ranked below 100.

Variants and short forms

The male form is Alexander . There are numerous variants and short forms of the name.

variants

Short forms

Name bearers

Rulers or nobles named Alexandra

Other professionals named Alexandra

People named Alejandra

People named aleksandra

People named alessandra

People named alexiane

People named alexianne

Name bearers of other variants or short forms

Other namesake can be found in the individual variants.

See also

Web links

Wiktionary: Alexandra  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The large first name dictionary . 3. Edition. Duden, Mannheim 2007. ISBN 3-411-06083-2
  2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: First names . Verlag für deutsche Sprache, Wiesbaden 1977. ISBN 3-88228-000-X
  3. ↑ Entry in Paleolexicon
  4. ^ Alfred Heubeck: KE-RA-SO. Investigations into a Mycenaean personal name . In: Kadmos . Vol. 4, No. 2, Berlin 1965, p. 138.
  5. ↑ Hermann Usener: God names. Attempt of a doctrine of religious concept formation . 4th edition. Klostermann, Frankfurt / M. 2000. ISBN 3-465-03114-8
  6. ↑ 1970s
  7. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: First names . Verlag für deutsche Sprache, Wiesbaden 1977, p. 111. ISBN 3-88228-000-X
  8. ↑ Hit list 2009
  9. ↑ marancon: name-Alexandra, Aleksandra, Alexa, Sandy and Saskia. In: Youtube. April 20, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Official Austrian first name statistics ( memento from September 11, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). In: Statistics Austria.
  11. ↑ Official Swiss first name statistics . In: Statistics Switzerland.
  12. ↑ Italian given names
  13. ^ First names given in Poland
  14. ↑ Alexandra . In: thinkbabynames.com.
  15. ↑ babynames
  16. ↑ Shura . In: thinkbabynames.com.