# Alexandrine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alexandrine/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 26 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 26 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From French Alexandrine. By surface analysis, Alexandra + -ine. Doublet of Alexandrina.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1895 | 5 | 1,598 |
| 1918 | 6 | 4,296 |
| 1999 | 5 | 14,487 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15,545 |
| 2007 | 5 | 17,764 |

## People named Alexandrine

- Princess Alexandrine-Louise of Denmark, Danish princess (1914-1962)
- Alexandrine de Bleschamp, French noblewoman (1778-1855)
- Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles, French noble (1744–1754)
- Mary von Vetsera, Austrian noblewoman, mistress to Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (1871-1889)
- Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of Prussia, Solms-Braunfels & Great Britain, Queen of Han
- Alexine Tinne, Dutch explorer in Africa and photographer (1835-1869)
- Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, Danish princess (1935-2018)
- Anne Vernon, French actress
- Hansi Burg, German actress (1898-1975)
- Julienne Mathieu, French actress (1874-1943)
- Alexandra Zheleznova-Armfelt, Finnish–Russian composer (1866–1933)

## 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.