Entry № 410 · Spanish origin

Alejandra Alejandra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-leh-HAHN-drah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Spanish
Meaning
"Defender of the people"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "defender of the people".

Alejandra is the Spanish feminine of Alexander, from the Greek meaning "defender" or "protector of the people." It carries real strength and dignity, softened by a warm, flowing sound.

Substantial and graceful at once, Alejandra is a name a girl can grow into and stand tall in.

Defender of the people — strong and warm.

The name in its native script.

Alejandra
Transliteration
Alejandra
Pronunciation
/ a.leˈxan.dɾa /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Alejandra stands.

Alejandra does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Alejandras before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Alejandra.

The number behind Alejandra.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Alejandra reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.