Meaning & History
Originally a diminutive of Alexander. As a feminine name it is a diminutive of Alexandra or Sandra. It can also be given in reference to the colour.
Related Names
VariantsAl, Alec, Alex, Alexa, Alexina, Ali, Allie, Ally, Lex, Lexa, Lexi, Lexie, Lexine, Lexy, Sandie, Xander, Zander, Zandra, Alyx, Drina
DiminutiveLexa
Feminine FormsAlexandra, Alexandrea, Alexandria
Other Languages & CulturesAleksandër, Skënder(Albanian) Eskender(Amharic) Alexander, Alexandra, Alexandros(Ancient Greek) Iskandar(Arabic) Aleksandr(Armenian) Alesander(Basque) Aliaksandr, Aliaksandra, Alesya(Belarusian) Alexander(Biblical) Alexandros(Biblical Greek) Aleksandar, Skender(Bosnian) Aleksandar, Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Asya, Sashka, Sasho(Bulgarian) Alexandra, Alexandre, Àlex(Catalan) Aleksandar, Aleksandra, Sandra, Sanda, Sandi, Saša(Croatian) Alexandr, Alexandra, Sandra, Aleš, Alex(Czech) Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Aleksander, Alex, Sander(Danish) Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Alex, Lex, Sander, Xander, Xandra(Dutch) Aleksandro, Aleĉjo(Esperanto) Aleksander, Aleksandra, Sander(Estonian) Aleksandra, Aleksanteri, Ale, Samppa, Santeri, Santtu(Finnish) Alexandra, Alexandre, Sandra, Alex, Alexandrie, Alexandrine, Sacha, Sandrine, Sasha(French) Alexandre(Galician) Aleksandre, Sandro(Georgian) Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Alex, Alexa, Sascha(German) Alexandra, Alexandros, Aleka, Alekos, Alex(Greek) Alexander, Alexandra, Alexandros(Greek Mythology) Alexander, Alexandra, Alex, Alexa, Sándor, Sanyi, Szandra(Hungarian) Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Alex(Icelandic) Iskandar(Indonesian) Alastar, Alastríona(Irish) Alessandra, Alessandro, Sandra, Ale, Alessa, Alex, Alexandra, Sandro(Italian) Aleksandra, Aleksandrs, Sandra, Sanda, Santa(Latvian) Aleksandra, Aleksandras, Sandra(Lithuanian) Aleksandar, Aleksandra, Sandra, Aca, Ace, Aco, Sashka, Sasho, Saška, Saško, Sašo(Macedonian) Iskandar(Malay) Aleksander, Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Alex, Sander(Norwegian) Sikandar(Pashto) Eskandar(Persian) Aleksander, Aleksandra, Sandra, Aleks, Ola, Olek(Polish) Alexandra, Alexandre, Alexandrina, Sandra, Alex, Xande, Xandinho(Portuguese) Alexandra, Alexandru, Sandra, Alex, Andra, Sanda, Sandu(Romanian) Aleksandr, Aleksandra, Alexandr, Alexandra, Alexsandr, Aleks, Aleksandrina, Alesya, Alex, Alik, Alya, Asya, Olesya, Sanya, Sasha, Sashenka, Sashok, Shura(Russian) Alasdair, Alastair, Alistair, Alister, Saundra, Sawney, Ally(Scottish) Aleksandar, Aleksandra, Sandra, Aca, Aco, Saša(Serbian) Alexander, Alexandra, Aleš(Slovak) Aleksander, Aleksandra, Sandra, Aleks, Aleš, Alja, Sandi, Saša, Saška, Sašo(Slovene) Alejandra, Alejandro, Sandra, Ale, Álex, Alexandra(Spanish) Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Alex, Sassa(Swedish) İskender(Turkish) Aleksandr, Aleksandra, Alexandra, Oleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksandra, Aleks, Lesya, Oles, Olesya, Sasha(Ukrainian) Sikandar(Urdu) Sender(Yiddish)
Popularity
People think this name is
youthful informal common natural wholesome refined simple comedic
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