Alejandrina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-leh-hahn-DREE-nah
- Origin
- Greek
Alejandrina is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of the people”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Alejandrina mean?
Greek: Spanish feminine form of Alexander
“defender of the people”
An elaboration of Alejandra, the Spanish feminine of Alexander, from Greek alexein 'to defend'.
Is Alejandrina a girl's or a boy's name?
Alejandrina is a girls' name.
How popular is Alejandrina in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the girls named Alejandrina in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alejandrina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,352 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,872 |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,153 |
| 1992 | 50 | #2,508 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,091 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,895 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,039 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,133 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 38 | #2,430 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,196 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,715 |
| 1976 | 26 | #2,864 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,922 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,232 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,198 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
Nicknames for Alejandrina
- Ale
- Alex 280 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alejandrina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alexandra, Angelica, Ariana, Alexandria, Amanda, Melissa, Angela, Anastasia, Alessandra, Adriana, Tessa, Ana
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alejandrina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alejandrina, updated 20 October 2026.