Meaning & History
Diminutive of Alison, 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) Aliaksandra, Alesya(Belarusian) Alisa(Bosnian) Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Asya, Sashka(Bulgarian) Alexandra, Alícia(Catalan) Aleksandra, Sanda, Sandra, Saša(Croatian) Alexandra, Alice, Sandra(Czech) Alexandra, Alice, Sandra(Danish) Alexandra, Alice, Ada, Adelheid, Aleid, Aleida, Alex, Alida, Sandra, Sascha, Xandra(Dutch) Aleksandra(Estonian) Aleksandra, Aliisa, Alisa, Aada, Ada, Alli, Iisa(Finnish) Adélaïde, Alexandra, Alice, Alicia, Alison, Alix, Alexandrie, Alexandrine, 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, Ada, Alexa, Alíz, Szandra(Hungarian) Alexandra, Sandra(Icelandic) Ailís, Ailish, Alastríona(Irish) Adelaide, Alessandra, Alice, Ada, Alessa, Alexandra, 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, 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, Saša(Serbian) Alexandra, Alica(Slovak) Aleksandra, Alja, Sandra, Saša, Saška(Slovene) Adelaida, Alejandra, Alicia, Ada, Ale, Alexandra, Sandra(Spanish) Alexandra, Alice, Alicia, Sandra, Sassa(Swedish) Aleksandra, Alexandra, Alisa, Oleksandra, Aleks, Lesya, Olesya, Sasha(Ukrainian) Alis(Welsh)
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