Aleksandra
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra).
Proper noun
Aleksandra
- a transliteration of the Russian female given name Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra)
- Aleksandra Skochilenko, b. 1990
Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑlekˈsɑnd̥rɑ/, [ɑlekˈsɑnd̥rɑ]
Proper noun
Aleksandra
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alexandra
- a transliteration of the Russian female given name Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra) (common among Estonian Russians).
Related terms
Faroese
Proper noun
Aleksandra f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alexandra
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Aleksandra: Aleksandruson
- daughter of Aleksandra: Aleksandrudóttir
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | |
| nominative | Aleksandra |
| accusative | Aleksandru |
| dative | Aleksandru |
| genitive | Aleksandru |
Finnish
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Cognate with English Alexandra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑleksɑndrɑ/, [ˈɑ̝le̞kˌs̠ɑ̝n.drɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑn.drɑ
- Syllabification(key): A‧lek‧sand‧ra
- Hyphenation(key): A‧lek‧sand‧ra
Proper noun
Aleksandra
- a female given name
- 1990, Tuula-Liina Varis, Vauvat yhdentyvät Eurooppaan, Suomen Kuvalehti, 30 (27.7.)1990:
- Koreita nimiä ku köyhän kakaroilla, sanottiin ennen. Köyhällä ei muuta koreata ollut lapselleen antaa. Itsellenikin on läheinen lounaissuomalainen maatyöläisen pesue, jossa suomalaisen nimen peräkaneettina vilisi Wilhelmiinaa, Aleksandraa ja Amandaa, jopa Dagmar. Suuresti epäilen, osasiko kumpikaan vanhemmista sitä lausua.
- Such rich names for such poor children, as we used to say. The only rich thing a poor person had was the name they could give ot their child. I knew very well a southwestern family living off the land, where their Finnish names were followed by Wilhelmina, Aleksandra, Amanda, even Dagmar. I have my doubts about whether either of the parents even could pronounce those correctly.
Declension
| Inflection of Aleksandra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aleksandra | Aleksandrat | |
| genitive | Aleksandran | Aleksandrojen | |
| partitive | Aleksandraa | Aleksandroja | |
| illative | Aleksandraan | Aleksandroihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Aleksandra | Aleksandrat | |
| accusative | nom. | Aleksandra | Aleksandrat |
| gen. | Aleksandran | ||
| genitive | Aleksandran | Aleksandrojen Aleksandrain rare | |
| partitive | Aleksandraa | Aleksandroja | |
| inessive | Aleksandrassa | Aleksandroissa | |
| elative | Aleksandrasta | Aleksandroista | |
| illative | Aleksandraan | Aleksandroihin | |
| adessive | Aleksandralla | Aleksandroilla | |
| ablative | Aleksandralta | Aleksandroilta | |
| allative | Aleksandralle | Aleksandroille | |
| essive | Aleksandrana | Aleksandroina | |
| translative | Aleksandraksi | Aleksandroiksi | |
| abessive | Aleksandratta | Aleksandroitta | |
| instructive | — | Aleksandroin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Related terms
Statistics
- Aleksandra is the 435th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 880 female individuals (and as a middle name to 13,705 more, making it much more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 5 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Latgalian
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros). Compare Latvian Aleksandrs.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: A‧le‧ksan‧dra
Proper noun
Aleksandra m
- a male given name from Ancient Greek; Alexander
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aleksandra | — |
| genitive | Aleksandrys, Aleksandras1) | — |
| dative | Aleksandrai, Aleksandram | — |
| accusative | Aleksandru | — |
| instrumental | Aleksandru | — |
| locative | Aleksandrā | — |
| vocative | Aleksandra, Aleksandr | — |
1) dialectal
References
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 24
Latvian
Etymology 1
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1879. Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Cognate to English Alexandra.
Proper noun
Aleksandra f (4th declension)
- a female given name from Ancient Greek
- a transliteration of the Russian female given name Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra), equivalent to Alexandra
- a respelling of the English, Czech, Danish, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, or Swedish female given name Alexandra
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aleksandra | — |
| genitive | Aleksandras | — |
| dative | Aleksandrai | — |
| accusative | Aleksandru | — |
| instrumental | Aleksandru | — |
| locative | Aleksandrā | — |
| vocative | Aleksandra | — |
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Aleksandrs.
Proper noun
Aleksandra m
- genitive singular of Aleksandrs
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Aleksandra was the only given name of 7260 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.
Lithuanian
Proper noun
Aleksandra f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alexandra
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.lɛkˈsan.dra/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -andra
- Syllabification: A‧lek‧san‧dra
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin Alexandra, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Doublet of Sandra.
Proper noun
Aleksandra f (male equivalent Aleksander, diminutive Ola or Olka)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alexandra
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aleksandra | Aleksandry |
| genitive | Aleksandry | Aleksander |
| dative | Aleksandrze | Aleksandrom |
| accusative | Aleksandrę | Aleksandry |
| instrumental | Aleksandrą | Aleksandrami |
| locative | Aleksandrze | Aleksandrach |
| vocative | Aleksandro | Aleksandry |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Proper noun
Aleksandra m pers
- genitive/accusative singular of Aleksander
Further reading
- Aleksandra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alěksaːndra/
Proper noun
Alèksāndra f (Cyrillic spelling Алѐкса̄ндра)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alexandra
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aleksandra | Aleksandre |
| genitive | Aleksandre | Aleksandra |
| dative | Aleksandri | Aleksandrama |
| accusative | Aleksandru | Aleksandre |
| vocative | Aleksandro | Aleksandre |
| locative | Aleksandri | Aleksandrama |
| instrumental | Aleksandrom | Aleksandrama |
Further reading
- “Aleksandra”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025