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Alexa.

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

5 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Female equivalent of Alex.

    feminine · form-of
  3. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Diminutive of Alexandra.

    diminutive · form-of
  4. A female given name from Ancient Greek. A speech recognition and intelligent personal assistant application developed by Amazon.com, Inc.

Where this word comes from

* From Alex + -a. A feminine form of Alex. * A female given name, clipping of Alexandra.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.