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Alyxandra

Gender
Girl
Say it
al-ik-SAN-dra
Origin
Greek

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

What does Alyxandra mean?

Greek: spelling variant of Alexandra

“defender of mankind”

A spelling variant of Alexandra, the feminine form of Alexander.

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

Alyxandra is a girls' name.

How popular is Alyxandra in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 58 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.

Half of all the girls named Alyxandra in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.

1986Busiest: 58 in 19912023
Alyxandra in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20235#15,188
20220–
20210–
20207#12,137
20195#15,532
20180–
20177#12,709
20166#14,326
201514#8,004
20148#11,925
201316#7,368
201216#7,452
201115#7,779
201013#8,697
20099#11,454
200819#6,796
200716#7,729
200612#9,282
200516#7,133
200423#5,373
200321#5,581
200222#5,250
200123#5,004
200029#4,180
199929#3,966
199831#3,727
199728#3,894
199630#3,627
199536#3,147
199434#3,297
199350#2,484
199242#2,825
199158#2,236
199047#2,518
198921#4,352
198819#4,491
19879#7,348
19866#9,540

Nicknames for Alyxandra

Names like Alyxandra

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