Oleksandra
The Ukrainian counterpart to Aleksandra, from a Slavic root meaning "defender of men". Meeting one in Poland stays memorable: after a recent spike the name is now given to fewer girls each year.
Oleksandra Pronunciation
Oleksandra is pronounced o-lek-SAHND-rah (/ɔlɛkˈsandra/).
What Oleksandra means
Where Oleksandra comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Oleksandra is the Ukrainian form of the name Polish speakers write as Aleksandra. Its short meaning, defender of men, reaches back through the Greek Alexandros, built from alexein, to defend, and aner, man. Slavic speech took that old sense and reshaped the opening, turning the hard Al into a rounded Ole.
At home the name shortens to Ola. On an official form at the urząd it straightens back to Oleksandra, full and formal. The masculine partner is Oleksandr, and both forms lean on the same root of protection.
The meaning is worth keeping in view. A defender of men need not carry a weapon. What the name guards can be a household, a language, a memory. Say it slowly and you count four beats: O, lek, san, dra, with the older Aleksandra standing just behind.
How many people are named Oleksandra
1 in 915 women in Poland is named Oleksandra. 24,654 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #255 among female names.
Oleksandra's popularity over time
37 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #412 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2012. Still the #255 name among living women, even as it slips to #412 among newborns.
Where Oleksandra is most popular
Oleksandra is most popular in Lower Silesian, 101% above the national average (26 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+65%) and Masovian (+64%). It is least common in Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Świętokrzyskie, 67% and 56% below average respectively.
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Lower Silesian26 girls born+101%
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Pomeranian20 girls born+65%
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Masovian48 girls born+64%
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Łódź16 girls born+53%
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Lubusz6 girls born+47%
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West Pomeranian9 girls born+29%
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Greater Poland18 girls born+2%
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Silesian19 girls born+1%
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Opole2 girls born−47%
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Lesser Poland9 girls born−52%
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Świętokrzyskie2 girls born−56%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian3 girls born−67%
Oleksandra as a middle name
Oleksandra is a first name for 24,654 women in Poland and a middle name for another 53, a 100/0 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 941st, between Ngoc (53) and Waltraud (53).
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939
53Francisca
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940
53Ngoc
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94153Oleksandra
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942
53Waltraud
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943
52Chisom