Ołeksandra
The Ukrainian spelling of Aleksandra, carried by just 25 women in Poland: most Poles will never meet one. From Greek, the name means "defender of mankind."
Ołeksandra Pronunciation
Ołeksandra is pronounced o-wek-SAHND-rah (/ɔwɛkˈsandra/).
What Ołeksandra means
Where Ołeksandra comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ołeksandra begins in Greek, in Aleksandros, built from alexein, to defend, and andros, of man. The short meaning follows straight from those parts: defender of mankind. Ukrainian speakers made the name their own as Oleksandra, and the spelling ołeksandra keeps that eastern sound on Polish paper.
On a class register the full form sits stiff and formal. Friends reach for Ola. That diminutive does most of the daily work, while the variant Aleksandra ties the name to its wider Polish family.
A documented bearer grounds it. Oleksandra Ekster, born 1882 near Kyiv, was a painter of the European avant-garde who worked between Kyiv and Paris. Her name held the old Greek sense in Ukrainian shape: defender of mankind.
How many people are named Ołeksandra
1 in 901753 women in Poland is named Ołeksandra. 25 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #8602 among female names.