Sandra
Sandra is a female name, which is often used as a short form for Alexandra or Cassandra. Alexandra is a feminine form of the male name Alexander, which is a romanization of the Greek name Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros. It is generally interpreted to mean "protector of man" or "defender of man".
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Meaning & Origin of Sandra
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sandra is a female name, which is often used as a short form for Alexandra or Cassandra. Alexandra is a feminine form of the male name Alexander, which is a romanization of the Greek name Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros. It is generally interpreted to mean "protector of man" or "defender of man".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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- English
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- Spanish
- Portuguese
- German
- Dutch
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Icelandic
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Polish
- Slovene
- Croatian
- Serbian
- Macedonian
- Czech
- Romanian
The Story of Sandra
Sandra first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1904, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1947: 34,779 births, good for #5 nationwide. About 30% of every Sandra on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Sandra ranks #1,041 for baby girls with 240 births, gradually falling (-10%). All told, over 876K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Sandra
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Sandra. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Sandra
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About the name Sandra
Sandra is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1904 and has accumulated 876K births in the dataset. Sandra's peak popularity came in 1947 when it ranked #5. Use the chart and map above to compare Sandra'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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