Xandra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAN-dra
- Origin
- Greek
Xandra 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 Xandra mean?
Greek: short form of Alexandra; also Galician form of Sandra
“defender of the people”
Alexandra is the feminine of Alexander; in Galician the X is pronounced 'sh'.
Is Xandra a girl's or a boy's name?
Xandra is a girls' name.
How popular is Xandra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the girls named Xandra in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Xandra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
Nicknames for Xandra
Names like Xandra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ximena Xena Ariana Sophia Xiomara Alora Solana Ava Luca Luna Dulce Ariadna
Names related to Xandra
More Greek names
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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, “Xandra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xandra, updated 20 October 2026.