Sandra

Where Sandra comes from

A short form of Alexandra and, less often, of Cassandra.
— Wiktionary's entry for Sandra
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1904
    First appearance
    #1,364 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1947
    Peak, #5
    34,779 babies named Sandra — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1949
    Sandra Mason born
    1st president of Barbados
  4. 1964
    Sandra Bullock born
    American actress and film producer
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #15.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Sandra Bullock · American actress and film producer, born 1964
  • Sandra Mason · 1st president of Barbados, born 1949
  • Sandra Day O'Connor · American lawyer and jurist, 1930–2023
  • Sandra Oh · Canadian and American actress, born 1971
  • Sandra Kim · Belgian singer, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.