Aleksandra
Around 390,000 Polish women carry it, common enough that most people know several. It comes from Greek, "defender of mankind", though it's given far less now than a generation ago.
Aleksandra Pronunciation
Aleksandra is pronounced ah-lek-SAHND-rah (/alɛkˈsandra/).
What Aleksandra means
Where Aleksandra comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Aleksandra reaches back to Greek. The name binds alexein, to defend, to anēr, andros, meaning man, and the sense that settles on it is defender of mankind. The masculine Aleksander runs the same course, and the Latvian Aleksandrs stands close beside it.
The Greek roots are old. They shaped the name of Alexander the Great, whose conquests carried the word east across the ancient world, and the feminine Aleksandra grew from the same stock. In Poland the full form rarely lasts through a morning. From the male side the family also offers Olek, Aleks, and Oleś.
Call out the full Aleksandra from a class register, and a few heads turn, though the girl may answer to something shorter. Whatever the day calls her, the root still reads defender of mankind.
How many people are named Aleksandra
1 in 58 women in Poland is named Aleksandra. 390,036 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #22 among female names.
Aleksandra's popularity over time
1,308 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #55 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000. Still the #22 name among living women, even as it slips to #55 among newborns.
Where Aleksandra is most popular
Aleksandra is most popular in Podlaskie, 65% above the national average (873 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Subcarpathian (+42%) and Lesser Poland (+32%). It is least common in Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Pomeranian, 32% and 31% below average respectively.
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Podlaskie873 girls born+65%
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Subcarpathian1,379 girls born+42%
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Lesser Poland2,416 girls born+32%
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Lublin1,071 girls born+30%
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Świętokrzyskie518 girls born+16%
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Lower Silesian1,301 girls born+3%
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Warmian-Masurian592 girls born+3%
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Masovian2,899 girls born+2%
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Lubusz355 girls born−11%
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Opole324 girls born−13%
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West Pomeranian583 girls born−14%
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Łódź860 girls born−16%
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Greater Poland1,420 girls born−18%
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Silesian1,374 girls born−25%
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Pomeranian822 girls born−31%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian596 girls born−32%
Aleksandra as a middle name
Aleksandra is a first name for 390,036 women in Poland and a middle name for another 116,155, a 77/23 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 26th, between Jolanta (117,441) and Karolina (112,040).
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24
117,720Irena
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25
117,441Jolanta
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26116,155Aleksandra
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27
112,040Karolina
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28
101,121Urszula
When Aleksandra celebrates name day
Aleksandra appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar. The main date is 20 March.