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Alexanderia

Gender
Girl
Say it
al-ig-ZAN-dree-uh
Origin
Greek

Alexanderia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Alexanderia mean?

Greek: variant of Alexandria

“defender of men”

Respelling of Alexandria, the Egyptian city founded by Alexander the Great.

Is Alexanderia a girl's or a boy's name?

Alexanderia is a girls' name.

How popular is Alexanderia in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.

Half of all the girls named Alexanderia in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

1977Busiest: 49 in 19932021
Alexanderia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20215#15,246
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20146#14,552
20136#14,577
201210#10,424
20117#13,339
201012#9,227
20097#13,698
200813#8,961
200714#8,516
200619#6,590
200518#6,523
200418#6,484
200315#7,202
200222#5,250
200123#5,004
200026#4,522
199923#4,713
199832#3,645
199732#3,544
199639#3,023
199548#2,583
199446#2,656
199349#2,528
199241#2,864
199147#2,587
199032#3,359
198928#3,560
198817#4,835
198719#4,280
198613#5,456
19857#8,315
198411#5,898
19839#6,703
19829#6,886
198112#5,570
19800–
19790–
19785#9,748
19775#9,650

Nicknames for Alexanderia

Names like Alexanderia

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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, “Alexanderia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alexanderia, updated 20 October 2026.