Alejandra

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Alexandra in BR Brazil, FR France, HU Hungary and 5 more, Александра in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 1 more, Aleksandra in PL Poland, SE Sweden, HR Croatia and 1 more and Олександра in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Alejandra is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name65K records spelled Alejandra2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Bolivia, Ecuador

  Also written Aléjandra

• Lao given name29K records spelled Alejandra12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Chile, United States, Peru

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written A'Lejandra, Älëjändrä, Alejändrä, Alejandr'A, Älejändrä

• Polish given name3.6K records spelled Alejandra3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Spain, Peru

  Also written Alëjąňdrą, Älêjåndrä

• Russian given name2.7K records spelled Alejandra4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Peru, Bolivia

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Älëjändrä

• Croatian given name2.1K records spelled Alejandra16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Argentina, Peru

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Alehandra, Алехандра, Ãlejandra, Älêjãndrå, Alëjändrä

• Hungarian given name1.0K records spelled Alejandra3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Hungary, Argentina

  Also written Aléjándrá, Áléjándrá

• Korean given name992 records spelled Alejandra2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, South Korea, Spain

  Also written Álejandra

67 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Alejandra is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Spanish; feminine form of Alexander

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• Spanish form of ALEXANDRA ; feminine of ALEJANDRO .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 116 years between 1900–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• María Cristina de Borbón y Battenbergb. 1911ESnot in their usual nameSpanish infanta, daughter of Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1911–1996)
• Alejandra Pizarnikb. 1936ARArgentinian poet (1936-1972)
• Alejandra Guzmánb. 1968MXMexican musician
• Alejandra Barrosb. 1971MXMexican actress
• Fairuza Balkb. 1974USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Verónica Jaspeadob. 1976MXnot in their usual nameMexican actress
• Alejandra Benítezb. 1980VEfencer
• Alejandra Ambrosib. 1987MXMexican actress
• Arcab. 1989VEnot in their usual nameVenezuelan singer, songwriter, DJ, producer and model
• Alejandra Valenciab. 1994MXMexican archer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 872 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alejandra?

We estimate roughly 1.2 million people bear Alejandra (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Alejandra have the most bearers?

Alejandra is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled александра.

Where is Alejandra most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Alejandra is densest in Poland — about 1 in 98 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Alejandra compared with other names?

In Russia, Alejandra is the 40th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Alejandra a male or female name?

Alejandra is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Alejandra mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra