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Diminutive of OLEKSANDRA or OLENA.

OLEKSANDRA   female   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of ALEXANDRA.
ALEXANDRA   female   English, German, Dutch, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Feminine form of ALEXANDER. In Greek mythology this was a Mycenaean epithet of the goddess Hera, and an alternate name of Cassandra. It was borne by several early Christian saints, and also by the wife of Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia. She was from Germany and had the birth name Alix, but was renamed Александра (Aleksandra) upon joining the Russian Church.
ALEXANDER   male   English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος). In Greek mythology this was another name of the hero Paris, and it also belongs to several characters in the New Testament. However, the most famous bearer was Alexander the Great, King of Macedon. In the 4th century BC he built a huge empire out of Greece, Egypt, Persia, and parts of India. Due to his fame, and later medieval tales involving him, use of his name spread throughout Europe.

The name has been used by kings of Scotland, Poland and Yugoslavia, emperors of Russia, and eight popes. Other notable bearers include English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744), American statesman Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), Scottish-Canadian explorer Sir Alexander MacKenzie (1764-1820), Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), and Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), the Scottish-Canadian-American inventor of the telephone.
OLENA   female   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of HELEN.
HELEN   female   English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
English form of the Greek ‘Ελενη (Helene), probably from Greek ‘ελενη (helene) "torch" or "corposant", or possibly related to σεληνη (selene) "moon". In Greek mythology Helen was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, whose kidnapping by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War. The name was also borne by the 4th-century Saint Helena, mother of the Roman emperor Constantine, who supposedly found the True Cross during a trip to Jerusalem.

The name was originally used among early Christians in honour of the saint, as opposed to the classical character. In England it was commonly spelled Ellen during the Middle Ages, and the spelling Helen was not regularly used until after the Renaissance. A famous bearer was Helen Keller (1880-1968), an American author and lecturer who was both blind and deaf.
FULL FORMS
UKRAINIAN: Aleksandra, Alexandra, Oleksandra, Olena
EQUIVALENTS
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Shelena
ANCIENT GREEK: Alexandra, Helena, Helene
ARTHURIAN ROMANCE: Elaine
BULGARIAN: Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Elena, Sashka
CROATIAN: Aleksandra, Helena, Jela, Jelena, Jelka, Sanda, Sandra, Saša
CZECH: Alena, Alexandra, Helena, Lenka
DANISH: Alexandra, Eli, Elin, Ella, Helen, Helena, Helene, Lena, Lene, Sandra
DUTCH: Alex, Alexandra, Heleen, Heleentje, Helena, Sandra, Xandra
ENGLISH: Alex, Alexa, Alexandra, Alexandrea, Alexandria, Alexandrina, Alexina, Ali, Allie, Ally, Alyx, Elaina, Elaine, Ella, Elle, Ellen, Ellie, Elly, Helen, Helena, Hellen, Lainey, Laney, Lena, Lexi, Lexie, Lexine, Lexy, Nell, Nelle, Sandra, Sasha, Sondra, Zandra
ESTONIAN: Aleksandra, Helena, Jelena, Leena
FINNISH: Eliina, Elina, Ella, Heleena, Helena, Heli, Leena, Sandra
FRENCH: Alexandra, Alexandrie, Alexandrine, Hélène, Sacha, Sandra, Sandrine, Sasha
GEORGIAN: Elene
GERMAN: Alena, Alexandra, Alexandrine, Elena, Helena, Helene, Lena, Lene, Leni, Sandra, Sascha
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Alexandra, Helen, Helena, Helene
GREEK: Alexandra, Eleni
HUNGARIAN: Alexandra, Heléna, Szandra
ICELANDIC: Alexandra, Helena, Sandra
IRISH: Alastríona, Léan
ITALIAN: Alessa, Alessandra, Alexandra, Elena, Ileana, Sandra
LATVIAN: Elīna, Helēna, Jeļena, Jelena, Sandra
LITHUANIAN: Elena, Jelena, Sandra
MACEDONIAN: Aleksandra, Elena, Sandra, Sashka
MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Elena
NORWEGIAN: Alexandra, Eli, Elin, Ella, Helen, Helena, Helene, Lena, Lene, Sandra
POLISH: Aleksandra, Helena, Lena, Ola
PORTUGUESE: Alexandra, Alexandrina, Helena, Lena, Sandra
ROMANIAN: Alexandra, Elena, Ileana, Ilinca, Lenuța, Sanda, Sandra
RUSSIAN: Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Alexandra, Alyona, Elena, Lena, Sanya, Sasha, Shura, Yelena
SCOTTISH: Saundra
SERBIAN: Aleksandra, Jela, Jelena, Jelka, Sandra, Saša
SLOVAK: Alena, Alexandra, Elena, Helena, Jela, Lenka
SLOVENE: Aleksandra, Alena, Helena, Jelena, Jelka, Sandra, Saša
SPANISH: Ale, Alejandra, Alexandra, Elena, Ileana, Sandra
SWEDISH: Alexandra, Elin, Elina, Ella, Helen, Helena, Helene, Lena, Sandra, Sassa
UKRAINIAN: Sasha
WELSH: Elen, Elin
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
CROATIAN: Jelica
ENGLISH: Lexa, Nellie, Nelly, Sandie, Sandy
SERBIAN: Jelica
SLOVENE: Alenka
MASCULINE FORMS
ALBANIAN: Aleksander, Skender
ANCIENT GREEK: Alexander, Alexandros
ARABIC: Iskandar
ARMENIAN: Aleksandr
BASQUE: Alesander
BELARUSIAN: Aliaksandr
BIBLICAL GREEK: Alexandros
BIBLICAL: Alexander
BULGARIAN: Aleksandar, Sasho
CATALAN: Àlex, Alexandre
CROATIAN: Aleksandar, Sandi, Saša
CZECH: Aleš, Alexandr
DANISH: Aleksander, Alex, Alexander, Sander
DUTCH: Alex, Alexander, Lex, Sander, Xander
ENGLISH: Al, Alec, Alex, Alexander, Lex, Sandy, Xander, Zander
ESPERANTO: Aleĉjo, Aleksandro
ESTONIAN: Aleksander
FINNISH: Ale, Aleksanteri, Samppa, Santeri, Santtu
FRENCH: Alex, Alexandre, Sacha, Sasha
GALICIAN: Alexandre
GEORGIAN: Aleksandre, Sandro
GERMAN: Alex, Alexander, Sascha
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Alexander, Alexandros
GREEK: Alexandros
HUNGARIAN: Alexander, Sándor, Sanyi
ICELANDIC: Alex, Alexander
INDONESIAN: Iskandar
IRISH: Alastar
ITALIAN: Ale, Alessandro, Alex, Sandro
LATVIAN: Aleksandrs
LITHUANIAN: Aleksandras
MACEDONIAN: Aca, Ace, Aco, Aleksandar, Sasho
MALAY: Iskandar
MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Aleksandru
NORWEGIAN: Aleksander, Alex, Alexander, Sander
PASHTO: Sikandar
PERSIAN: Eskandar
POLISH: Aleks, Aleksander, Olek
PORTUGUESE: Alex, Alexandre, Xande, Xandinho
ROMANIAN: Alex, Alexandru, Sandu
RUSSIAN: Aleks, Aleksandr, Sanya, Sasha, Shura
SCOTTISH: Alasdair, Alastair, Alistair, Alister, Ally, Sawney
SERBIAN: Aca, Aco, Aleksandar, Saša
SLOVAK: Aleš, Alexander
SLOVENE: Aleks, Aleksander, Aleš, Sandi, Saša, Sašo
SPANISH: Ale, Alejandro
SWEDISH: Alex, Alexander, Sander
TURKISH: İskender
UKRAINIAN: Aleks, Aleksandr, Oleksander, Oleksandr, Oles, Sasha
URDU: Sikandar
YIDDISH: Sender
OTHER FORMS
CZECH: Ilona
ENGLISH: Alaina, Alayna, Nelda
FINNISH: Ilona
GERMAN: Ilona
HUNGARIAN: Ili, Ilike, Ilka, Ilona, Ilonka
LATVIAN: Ilona
LITHUANIAN: Ilona
POLISH: Ilona
SCOTTISH: Eilidh