MEANING & HISTORY
What does Alessandra mean?
Alessandra is the Italian form of Alexandra, feminine to Alexander. The older Greek Alexandros combines defending or helping with the word for man.
The Italian double s reflects the development of this language form rather than adding a new meaning. Alessandra belongs to an established feminine name family that also includes Alexandra and related European forms. The inherited compound is a naming image, not a title or an occupation for its bearer.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Italian Alessandra.
A female given name from Italian, equivalent to English Alexandra.
Wiktionary: Alessandra (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Alessandra
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Alessandra De Rossi
Italian actress
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Alessandra De Rossi
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Alessandra in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Alessandra
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Alessandro♂Italian Alexander: defending men
- Alexandra♀Feminine of Alexander: defending men
- Alejandro♂Spanish form of Alexander: defending men
- Cassandra♀Greek Kassandra, the Trojan princess’s name
- Alexander♂Defending men
- Casandra♀Spanish and Romanian form of Greek Cassandra
- Sandra♀Short form of Italian Alessandra
- Alejandrino♂Alexandrian; related to Alejandro or Alexandria
What rhymes with Alessandra?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Alessandra further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q4960889 — Alessandra (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Alessandra De Rossi (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q4960889 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Alessandra (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Alessandra (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Alexandra (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Alexander (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.