| Pronunciation | Italian: [alesˈsandra] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Language(s) | Italian |
| Other gender | |
| Masculine | Alessandro |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "Defender of Mankind”’ |
Alessandra is a female given name of Italian origin, meaning defender of men.[1][2] It is the Italian form of the female given name Alexandra and the female form of the male given name Alessandro.
Alessandra may refer to:
- Alessandra Ambrosio (born 1981), Brazilian supermodel
- Alessandra Cappa (born 1981), Italian swimmer
- Alessandra Cappellotto (born 1968), Italian cyclist
- Alessandra de Osma (born 1989), Peruvian attorney, model, and Hanoverian princess by marriage
- Alessandra De Rossi (born 1984), Filipino actress
- Alessandra Ferri (born 1963), Italian ballerina
- Alessandra Januário dos Santos, Brazilian volleyballer
- Alessandra Lunardi (born 1958), Italian mathematician
- Alessandra Mirka Gatti (born 1969), Italian singer
- Alessandra Mussolini (born 1962), Italian politician
- Alessandra Negrini (born 1970), Brazilian actress
- Alessandra Paonessa (born 1989), Canadian opera singer
- Alessandra Riegler (born 1961), Italian chess player
- Alessandra Rosaldo (born 1971), Mexican singer and actress
- Alessandra Silvestri-Levy (born 1972), Brazilian art curator and writer
- Alessandra Stanley, American journalist
- Alessandra Torresani (born 1987), American actress, also credited by her birth name, Alessandra Toreson
- Flávia Alessandra (born 1974), Brazilian actress, full name Flávia Alessandra Martins da Costa
People with the surname
- Lewis Alessandra (born 1989), English footballer