Alexandra - nicknames?

I like Lexa or Ally best.

Alexandra on its own is also really nice, I would probably use that a lot with a mix of a shortened version.

I know loads of female Alex’s, when I was at school it was used for both and very much unisex but probably with more females

For Alexandra, I'd probably use Alexandra in full or Allie when she was very little, and Alex when she was older - but with the proviso that of she herself preferred something else, I'd go along with it. I think of Lexi as being a more natural diminutive for names where the "lex" syllable is stressed - I used to know a class with two of them, one short for Alexis and one for Alexia.

I like Sasha but I don't think many people world see the connection nowadays, when it's often used as an independent name. And I can tell you from experience that it can create minor but annoying problems when the initial of the name you go by in everyday life is not the same as your official initial.

Aww i love Alexandra we considered it for Dd1 but the woman in the next hospital bed named her baby Lexie, and it might have looked like we were copying anyway i would go with Alex.if you do call her Alexandra.

I named my Goddaughter Alexandra .
i call her the full name

I too am an Alexandra, hated my name as a child and teen as it felt too grown up and a bit stiff. But as an adult I have grown to love it, classic and not too common (although this thread makes me think otherwise). I mostly go by Alex or Allie by friends and colleagues. My family have always used my full name.

"Alix" is an independent name, a variant of Alice. If people want to spell the diminutive of Alexandra this way, fine (Edward VII's Queen did), but it's unusual and certainly not a "rule" for the female version. Every single Alexandra I have known has been "Alex" for short, logically.

If you want to get all royal, another nickname used in the Russian and Prussian families (including for Queen Alexandra's namesake) was "Adini", very obscure these days but quite pretty.

"Adini" would stand out. :)

I've also heard of "Aline" in the same circles (19th century royals!). Presumably via the variant "Alexandrine".
By the way, Queen Victoria's name was Alexandrina Victoria and she was known in childhood as "Drina". She had a grandson Alexander much later who was called "Drino".

@childoftkty They do on MN!

I have a long name with about 3 possible diminutives. 2 are OK and the other a bit less so. Not the name but something like Christopher/Chris/Christoph/Kit and everyone calls me Chris. What was the point of putting Christopher on the BC? It's only used on documents and on my wedding day.

(I'm female and not a Chris but it's comparable)