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Allesandra

Gender
Girl
Say it
a-le-SAN-dra
Origin
Greek

Allesandra 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 Allesandra mean?

Greek: spelling of Alessandra; Italian form of Alexandra

“defender of men”

The Italian form of Alexandra, the feminine of Alexander.

Meaning borrowed from Alessandra. More on Wiktionary.

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

Allesandra is a girls' name.

How popular is Allesandra in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.

Half of all the girls named Allesandra in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1985Busiest: 15 in 20112016
Allesandra in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20165#16,210
20150–
20140–
20136#14,577
20125#16,863
201115#7,779
20106#14,953
20096#15,236
20089#11,594
200710#10,814
200610#10,606
200512#8,878
20040–
20030–
200210#9,476
20018#11,013
20007#11,794
19998#10,338
199810#8,579
19977#10,831
19960–
19957#10,509
19946#11,771
19930–
19920–
19910–
19909#8,495
19890–
19885#11,792
19870–
19860–
19855#10,672

Nicknames for Allesandra

Names like Allesandra

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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