Female name
When is Alexandra’s name day?
Αλεξάνδρα · Alexandra
Main name day
Saint Alexandra the Empress
The Greek name Αλεξάνδρα (Alexandra) is celebrated on 21 April.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Saint Alexandra the Empress4th centuryMartyr whom tradition names as the wife of the emperor Diocletian.Tradition identifies Alexandra with the wife of Emperor Diocletian. According to the Life of Saint George, she witnessed his martyrdom, came to believe in Christ and openly professed her faith.Read more
- Saints Alexander, John and Paul the New, Patriarchs of ConstantinopleThree patriarchs of Constantinople commemorated together on 30 August.These three patriarchs are commemorated together on 30 August, though they did not live in the same period. Alexander served as patriarch in the 4th century; he represented his predecessor at the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea and toured Thrace and Macedonia teaching its rulings against Arius before his death in 337.Read more
Variants and other forms
- Other Greek forms and diminutives
- Αλέκα
- In Latin letters
- Alexandra
- English equivalents
- Alexandra
- In Greek
- Αλεξάνδρα