Entry № 421 · Greek origin

Alexandria Alexandria — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ al-eks-AN-dree-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Defender of men (AOC; ancient Library of Alexandria)"
Syllables
5
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "defender of men (aoc; ancient library of alexandria)".

Hypatia of Alexandria (c. Catherine the Great — covered.

Defender of men. AOC was the youngest woman ever elected to US Congress (2018, at 29); the ancient Great Library.

The name in its native script.

Ἀλεξάνδρεια
Transliteration
Alexándreia
Pronunciation
/ ˌæl.ɪɡˈzæn.dri.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Alexandria stands.

Alexandria 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.

Alexandrias before her.

Real people
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Youngest woman elected to US Congress.
born 1989
In fiction
Alexandria
Ancient city and Library.

Names connected to Alexandria.

The number behind Alexandria.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Alexandria reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.