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Allessandra

Girl · a-le-SAN-dra · Greek

Allessandra 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 Allessandra mean?

Greek: spelling of Alessandra; Italian form of Alexandra

“defender of men”

The Italian form of Alexandra, the feminine of Alexander.

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Meaning borrowed from Alessandra. More on Wiktionary.

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

Allessandra is a girls' name.

How popular is Allessandra in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.

Half of all the girls named Allessandra in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

1987Busiest: 15 in 20082014
Allessandra in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
201410#10,124
20130–
20127#13,477
201115#7,779
20106#14,953
20099#11,454
200815#8,105
200711#10,125
200613#8,711
200513#8,325
20046#14,172
20035#15,777
200211#8,831
20016#13,514
200010#9,156
19996#12,681
199812#7,527
199711#7,737
19968#9,576
199511#7,509
19947#10,563
19935#13,435
19926#11,730
19910–
19906#11,403
19898#8,755
19887#9,239
19876#9,820

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