Alexa
Greek in origin, meaning "defender of men," though every one of the roughly hundred people who carry it in Poland is a woman. It stays rare here: most Poles have never met an Alexa.
Alexa Pronunciation
What Alexa means
Where Alexa comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Alexa comes from Greek. It grows from the same root as Alexander and Aleksandra, from the verb alexein, to defend, joined to andros, the word for a man. That gives its plain sense: defender of men, in Polish obrończyni mężczyzn.
For most of its life the name has been read as English rather than Greek. It rose across the United States and reached its high point in 2015, ranked 32nd for girls that year, with about 6,050 born. Amazon had launched its Echo speaker in late 2014, listening for the word Alexa, and the count of newborn Alexas then fell to 348 by 2024.
A Polish child called Alexa stands a little apart on the class register, beside the more familiar Aleksandra. The spelling keeps its English look. The meaning underneath stays Greek: defender of men.
How many people are named Alexa
1 in 203098 women in Poland is named Alexa. 111 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3231 among female names.
Alexa's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Alexa as a middle name
Alexa is a first name for 111 women in Poland and a middle name for another 39, a 74/26 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1100th, between Adelaida (39) and Alodia (39).
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#1098 Thuy40
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#1099 Adelaida39
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#1100 Alexa39
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#1101 Alodia39
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#1102 Aoife39