Alexandria

Where Alexandria comes from

From Middle English Alexandria, from Old English Alexandria, from Latin Alexandrīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), initially chiefly places founded by Alexander the Great of Macedonia and subsequently usually with reference to Alexandria in Egypt, a major Hellenistic cultural center, center of early Christianity, and continuing major international port. Compare Antioch, Seleucia, and Ptolemais. Doublet of Kandahar, Iskenderun, Scandaroon, and Alexandretta.
— Wiktionary's entry for Alexandria
  • Ancient Greek
  • 5 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1902
    First appearance
    #1,594 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez born
    American politician
  3. 1993
    Peak, #69
    5,027 babies named Alexandria — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2005
    Alexandria Villaseñor born
    American climate activist
  5. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #133.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · American politician, born 1989
  • Alexandria Villaseñor · American climate activist, born 2005
  • Alexandria Mills · American model and Miss World 2010, born 1992
  • Alexandria Loutitt · Canadian ski jumper, born 2004
  • Alexandria Anderson · American sprinter, born 1987

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.