Alexandrina Name Meaning & Origin
Alexandrina
Origin of the name Alexandra:
Derived from the Greek Alexandros, a male compound name composed of the elements alexein (to defend, to help) and andros (man).
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PRONOUNCED: al-əg-zan-DREE-nə
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- Nicknames for Alexandrina
Drina, Alex, Lexi, Allie, Dee, Rina (popular nickname that makes this an honor name for dated Russian favorite Irina)
- Meanings and history of the name Alexandrina
Alexandrina is a form of Alexandra.
Elaborated form of ALEXANDRA. This was the first name of Queen Victoria; her middle name was Victoria.
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Alexandrina was Queen Victoria's real first name. She was christened Alexandrina Victoria, after her godfather Tsar Alexander II of Russia.
Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa, Portuguese mystic
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Bulgarian coloratura soprano
Alexandrina of Baden, wife of Ernst III of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Alexandrina Barbosa (1986- ), notable athlete in handball- Alexandrina in song, story & screen