: ▁, ▁Alexand ros ). ▁Et ym olog ically , ▁the ▁name ▁is ▁a ▁comp ound ▁of ▁the ▁Greek ▁verb ▁ ▁( ale xe in ) ▁" to ▁defend " ▁and ▁ ▁( an ē r ) ▁" man " ▁( GEN ▁ ▁and ros ). ▁Thus ▁it ▁may ▁be ▁roughly ▁translated ▁as ▁" def ender ▁of ▁man " ▁or ▁" prote ctor ▁of ▁man ". ▁The ▁name ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁titles ▁or ▁ep ith ets ▁given ▁to ▁the ▁Greek ▁god dess ▁H era ▁and ▁as ▁such ▁is ▁usually ▁taken ▁to ▁mean ▁" one ▁who ▁comes ▁to ▁save ▁war riors ". ▁The ▁earliest ▁att ested ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁is ▁the ▁My c ena e an ▁Greek ▁, ▁a - re - ka - sa - da - ra , ▁written ▁in ▁the ▁Linear ▁B ▁sy ll ab ic ▁script . ▁Alex andra ▁could ▁also ▁be ▁an ▁Italian ▁baby ▁name ▁since ▁it ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁very ▁al ike ▁Italian ▁name , ▁Aless andra . ▁ ▁Vari ants ▁▁ ▁Ale j andra ▁( Span ish ) ▁ ▁Ale j andr ina ▁( Span ish ) ▁▁ Α λ ε ξ ά ν δ ρ α ▁( G reek ) ▁ ▁A lik hand ra ▁/ ال ي خ ا ن د ر ا ▁( E gypt ian ) ▁ ▁Aleks andra ▁( А лександ ра ) ▁( Lat v ian , ▁Lith uan ian , ▁Bulgar ian , ▁Cro at ian , ▁Est onian , ▁Mac ed onian , ▁Polish , ▁Russian ,