Thursday, August 2, 2007

Meaning and origin of Alexa

Alexa is a feminine name meaning defender of man, with its origins in the Greek language.

People named Alexa:

Alexa Chung, TV presenter
Alexa Ray Joel, daughter of Billy Joel
Alexa McDonough, Canadian MP
Alexa Vega, actress



Alexa may also refer to:

Alexa (typeface)
Alexa Internet, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, best known for operating alexa.com that provides information on the web traffic to other websites
Alexa (genus), a genus of legumes
Alexa (fluor), a family of fluorescent dyes

See also
Alexis, a Greek comic poet
Elexa
- http://en.wikipedia.org/

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