Aliaksandra
A transliterated form of Aleksandra, from the Greek for "defender of man". Only about 2,000 women in Poland carry it, and hardly any newborn girls get it now, so most Poles have never met one.
Aliaksandra Pronunciation
Aliaksandra is pronounced ahl-yahk-SAHND-rah (/aljakˈsandra/).
What Aliaksandra means
Where Aliaksandra comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Aliaksandra begins in Greek, in the old name Alexandros. That name joins the verb alexein, to defend, with andros, of a man. The short meaning has come down to us as defender of man. The spelling itself travelled east before it settled into this shape; Aliaksandra is how Belarusian renders what Polish writes as Aleksandra.
In Poland the everyday name is usually Aleksandra, and the girl who carries it gathers a handful of shorter ones. She might be Ola on the class register, Ala to a grandmother, Oleńka in a fond moment. The masculine Aleksander stands beside her. Same root, same guarding sense.
None of this promises anything about the child. A name is a starting point. Yet the meaning here is unusually plain, and it points outward, toward defending someone. When her imieniny comes round, the woman called Aleksandra answers to a word that has meant protector since Greek first shaped it.
How many people are named Aliaksandra
1 in 9622 women in Poland is named Aliaksandra. 2,343 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #660 among female names.
Aliaksandra's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.