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Alexandra in Korean: 알렉산드라

Alexandra is written 알렉산드라 in Korean and read “Alleksandeura”. This is the spelling in the loanword usage list of the National Institute of Korean Language (NIKL), which sets Korea’s spelling standards. In US birth records for 2000–2025 it ranks No. 166.

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Where the spelling 알렉산드라 comes from

NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 알렉산드라 for Alexandra.

People in the list with this given name:

  • 페라, 얼리사 (알렉산드라) — Farah, Alyssa (Alexandra)
  • 프릴랜드, 크리스티나 알렉산드라 — Freeland, Christina Alexandra

Look up 알렉산드라 in the NIKL list (Korean)

Why it is spelled this way

  • Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
  • The official list spells Alexandra as 알렉산드라, although the general rule gives 앨레그잰드라.

What Alexandra means

“to defend + man”

From Ancient Greek ἀλέξω

Source: Wiktionary — Alexandra · CC BY-SA 4.0

Alexandra by the numbers

  • US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 166, 101,838 babies (99.8% girls, 0.2% boys).
  • NIKL usage list — people with the given name 알렉산드라: 2.

Korean names for Alexandra

These are the converter’s results for Alexandra as a girl’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).

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김아라Kim AraGirl’s name · 55% sound match
김아린Kim ArinGirl’s name · 51% sound match
김아윤Kim AyunGirl’s name · 44% sound match

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Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics