Name meaning & stats
Alessandra
Alessandra means “defender of people” (Italian origin). 24,836 US babies since 1940, peak 2015.
What it means
“defender of people”
ItalianForm of Alexandra
In US birth records
Peak year: 2015
24,836 US babies were named Alessandra between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Alessandra (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 87% of the family
- Alessandra 87%
- Alesandra 3%
- Alyssandra 3%
- Alisandra 2%
- Alissandra 2%
- Alysandra 1%
- Allessandra 1%
- Alessandria 1%
- Allesandra 1%
- Alezandra <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2015)