Chandy
Chandy is the Malayalam name meaning Alexander. Notable people with the given name or surname include:Anna Chandy (1905–1996), first woman Judge of India Arjun Chandy, Indo-American singer Jacob Chandy (1910–2007), Indian neurosurgeon and teacher K.M. Chandy (politician) (1921–1998), Indian politician K. Mani Chandy, Indian-American computer scientist and professor K. T.
Meaning & Origin of Chandy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Chandy is the Malayalam name meaning Alexander. Notable people with the given name or surname include:Anna Chandy (1905–1996), first woman Judge of India Arjun Chandy, Indo-American singer Jacob Chandy (1910–2007), Indian neurosurgeon and teacher K.M. Chandy (politician) (1921–1998), Indian politician K. Mani Chandy, Indian-American computer scientist and professor K. T.
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The Story of Chandy
American parents first put Chandy on the record books as a baby girl name in 1970, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1984, when 10 Chandys were born — ranking #6,292 that year. About 57% of every Chandy on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Chandy last appeared in the published SSA data in 1995, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 91 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Chandy
Chandy is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 91 births in the dataset. Chandy's peak popularity came in 1984 when it ranked #6,292. Use the chart and map above to compare Chandy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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