# Alexandrina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alexandrina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Drina |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 252 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 252 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 31, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Alexandrīna, feminine of Alexandrīnus. By surface analysis, Alexandra + -ina. Doublet of Alexandrine.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 6 | 11,826 |
| 1995 | 12 | 7,061 |
| 1996 | 9 | 8,843 |
| 1997 | 8 | 9,842 |
| 1999 | 11 | 8,248 |
| 2000 | 9 | 9,915 |
| 2001 | 5 | 15,449 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12,240 |
| 2003 | 5 | 15,884 |
| 2005 | 6 | 14,579 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15,224 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17,645 |
| 2011 | 6 | 14,899 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,058 |
| 2018 | 6 | 13,886 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |

## In other languages

- French: Alexandrine
- Latvian: Aleksandrīna
- Russian: Александри́на
- Spanish: Alejandrina

## People named Alexandrina

- Victoria, Lady Welby, British philosophical writer (1837–1912)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.