Alexa

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Alexia in BR Brazil, FR France, AR Argentina and 10 more, Αλεξια in CY Cyprus and אלכסה in LV Latvia.

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 18 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◐

Alexa is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name272K records spelled Alexa31 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, United States, Brazil, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

  Also written Älëxä, Alëxä, A'Lexa, Alexä, Älexä

• a separate given name13K records spelled Alexa2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India

  Also written Aléxa

• Lao given name2.5K records spelled Alexa14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States

  Also written Älëxä, Älexa, Älexä, Alëxã, Älexã

• Indonesian given name2.4K records spelled Alexa4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Malaysia

  Also written Alèxà, Alexå, AlexÂ

66 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●

Alexa 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, A female given name from Ancient Greek.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, weibl. Vom., Kurzform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• English: short form of ALEXANDRA or variant of ALEXIS as a female name.

  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) — 97 years between 1916–2025. 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 Guzmánb. 1968MXnot in their usual nameMexican musician
• Fairuza Balkb. 1974USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Alexa Havinsb. 1980USAmerican actress
• Alexa Davalosb. 1982FRFrench-American actress
• Alexa Chungb. 1983GBEnglish television presenter, model and contributing editor
• Alejandra Ambrosib. 1987MXnot in their usual nameMexican actress
• Alexa Vegab. 1988USAmerican actress
• Alexa Nikolasb. 1992USAmerican actress
• Alexa Daviesb. 1995GBWelsh actress

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 · 825 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alexa?

We estimate roughly 527 thousand people bear Alexa (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Alexa have the most bearers?

We estimate about 297 thousand people bear Alexa in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled alexa.

Where is Alexa most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Alexa is densest in France — about 1 in 451 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Alexa compared with other names?

In Cyprus, Alexa is the 237th most common given name of 8,115 given names recorded there.

Is Alexa a male or female name?

Alexa is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Alexa mean?

Recorded meaning: Short form of Alexandra or variant of pAlexis as a girl’s name.