Alexandria is a feminine given name, derived from
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...
and the towns he named, most notably the city of
Alexandria
Alexandria ( ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Egypt#Largest cities, second largest city in Egypt and the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile ...
, Egypt.
Alexandria was the 352nd most popular name for girls born in the
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
in 2021.
For the US in the years since 1900, it was most popular in 1993 when it ranked 69th. It was not in the top 1,000 girls' baby names before 1969.
People named Alexandria
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Alexandria Anderson (born 1987), American runner
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Alexandria Boehm, American scientist
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Alexandria Bombach, American filmmaker
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Alexandria Constantinova Szeman (born 1956), American author
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Alexandria Haber, Canadian playwright
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Alexandria Karlsen (born 1978), American actress
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Alexandria Loutitt
Alexandria Loutitt (born 7 January 2004) is a Canadian ski jumper. She is the first ski jumper from Canada to win a gold medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, World Championships and the first Canadian woman to win a FIS Ski Jumping Wo ...
(born 2004), Canadian ski jumper
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Alexandria Maillot, Canadian actress
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Alexandria Mills (born 1992), American beauty pageant winner
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born October 13, 1989), also known as AOC, is an American politician and activist who has served since 2019 as the United States House of Representatives, US representative for New York's 14th congressional distric ...
(born 1989), American politician
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Alexandria Smith, American artist
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Alexandria Town (born 1995), Canadian wrestler
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Alexandria Villaseñor (born 2005), American climate activist
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Alexandria Wailes (born 1975), American actress
See also
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Alexandrea Owens-Sarno, an American actress
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Alexandria (disambiguation)
Alexandria is a city in Egypt.
Alexandria may also refer to:
Places
Australia
* Alexandria, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
* Alexandria Station (Northern Territory), a cattle station
Canada
* Alexandria, British Columbia, a hamlet
* A ...
References
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English feminine given names
Feminine given names