Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man". The name Alexandra was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". The earliest attested form of the name is the Mycenaean Greek ( or //), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alexandra and its masculine equivalent, Alexander, are both common names in Greece as well as countries where Germanic, Romance, and Slavic languages are spoken. Variants Alejandra, Alejandrina (diminutive) (Spanish) Aleksandra (Александра) (Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian) Alessandra (Italian) Alessia (Italian) Alex (various languages) Alexa (English, Romanian, Spanish) Alexandra (English, German, Dutch, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Catalan, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology) Alexis, English Aliaksandra (Belarusian) Alikhandra /اليخاندرا (Egyptian) Alissandra/Alyssandra (Sicilian, Greek) Allie (English) Ally (English) Alya (Russian) Ālēkjāndrā / আলেকজান্দ্রা (Bengali) Αλεξάνδρα (Greek) Leska (Czech) Lesya (Ukrainian) Lexa (English) Lexie (English) Lexine (English) Lexi (English) Lexy (English) Oleksandra (Ukrainian) Sacha (French) Sanda (Romanian) Sandie (English) Sandra (Danish, Dutch, English, Polish, Estonian, Italian, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Swedish) Sandy (English) Sascha (German) Sasha (Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, English, Spanish) Saskia (Slavic) Saundra (English, Scottish) Saša (Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovene) Saška (Serbian) Shura (Russian) Sondra (English) Szandra (Hungarian) People with the name Empresses consort Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870–1891), Empress consort of Russia and the wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) (1872–1918), last Empress consort of Russia and the wife of Nicholas II of Russia. Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia) (1798–1860), Empress consort of Russia and the wife of Nicholas I of Russia Queens consort Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925), Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the wife of Edward VII Alexandra of Yugoslavia (1921–1993), last Queen consort of Yugoslavia and the wife of Peter II of Yugoslavia Saints Saint Alexandra, martyr of the Diocletianic persecutions Alexandra Alexandra (singer) (1942–1969), German singer Alexandra of Antioch, Greek noblewoman and the sister of Calliopius of Antioch Alexandra Aikhenvald (born 1957), Russian–Australian linguist Alexandra Aldridge (born 1994), American