Alexandra

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Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Female form of Alexander ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[5] ^[6]

Related Names

Aleksandra	♀
Aleksanra	♀
Alexandra	♀
Alexandria	♀
Alexandría	♀
Alexsandra	♀

See also Alda, Alejandra (Spanish), Alessandra (Italian), Alex, Alexandrina, Alexia, Alla, Oleksandra (Ukrainian), Sandra, Sandy, Sanna, Sascha

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Alexandruson
Alexöndruson

Female

Alexandrudóttir
Alexöndrudóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Alexandra
Genitive:	Alexandras

- Faroese
Nominative:	Alexandra
Accusative:	Alexandru
Dative:	Alexandru
Genitive:	Alexandru

- Finnish
Nominative:	Alexandra
Genitive:	Alexandran
Partitive:	Alexandraa

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Alexandra
Accusative:	Alexöndru
Dative:	Alexöndru
Genitive:	Alexöndru

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Alexandra
Genitive:	Alexandras

- Swedish
Nominative:	Alexandra
Genitive:	Alexandras

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

11 September

Sweden Sweden

17 February

Further Information

Iceland: Officially approved as a given name ^[7]

Pronunciation

Swedish: [alέk‘sandra] or [alέk'sandra] (key) ^[8]

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden:
- 1767 ^[1] ^[3]
- Mid-18th century ^[6]
Denmark:
- 18th century ^[5]
Iceland:
- 1910 ^[6]

Strongest Period of Usage

Sweden:
- 1885-1899 ^[3]
- 1990- ^[3]
Denmark:
- 1985-2000 ^[5]
- -1930 ^[9]
- 1980s- ^[9]

Predominant Regional Usage

Denmark:
- København ^[5]
Sweden:
- Norrbotten (19th century) see map ^[10]
- Uppland (19th century) see map ^[10]

Namesakes

Alexandra Carolina Marie Charlotte Louise Julia (1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925), daughter of the Danish king Christian IX, Queen consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress consort of India as the wife of King-Emperor Edward VII
Countess Alexandra Christina of Frederiksborg, (née Alexandra Christina Manley, born 30 June 1964), first wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark
Alexandra Susanna Rapaport Eliasson (née Rapaport born 26 December 1971), Swedish actress

Trivia

Alexandra is also used as an Icelandic horse name

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[11]	13180	28142	13169	28117	11	25
Finland^[12]	n.a.	17730	n.a.	17730	0	0
Denmark^[13]	1485	n.a.	1485	n.a.	0	n.a.
Iceland^[14]	502	592	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland^[15]	4	10	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway^[16]	2575	n.a.	2575	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
^#: count of main first name only
^&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Alexandra (f) Sources: ^[11]^[13]^[16]^[12]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Alexandra (f) Sources: ^[17]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Alexandra (f)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Alexandra (f) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Alexandra (f)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
↑ Per Hedelin: Norstedts svenska uttalslexikon (1997)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ details see Name Statistic tables

[ott-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)

[nper-2] Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)

[bry-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)

[vil-4] Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)

[mel-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)

[kva-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)

[island.is-7] Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is

[utt-8] Per Hedelin: Norstedts svenska uttalslexikon (1997)

[ler-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)

[nn1-10] 10.0 ^10.1 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)

[scb.se-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/

[vrf.fi-12] 12.0 ^12.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

[dst.dk-13] 13.0 ^13.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk

[hag.is-14] Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/

[stat.gl-15] Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/

[ssb.no-16] 16.0 ^16.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no

[17] tails see Name Statistic tables

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