Xandra

Where Xandra comes from

The dictionaries list Xandra as a given name — a female given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage, a short form of Alexandra — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Ancient Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1948
    First appearance
    #5,243 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2004
    Peak, #4,172
    33 babies named Xandra — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2008
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #8,529.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage, a short form of Alexandra.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.