Zandra

Where Zandra comes from

The dictionaries list Zandra as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1931
    First appearance
    #4,331 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1940
    Zandra Rhodes born
    British fashion designer
  3. 1970
    Peak, #966
    131 babies named Zandra — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1973
    Zandra Reppe born
    Swedish archer and wheelchair curler, Paralympian
  5. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,551.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Zandra Rhodes · British fashion designer, born 1940
  • Zandra Reppe · Swedish archer and wheelchair curler, Paralympian, born 1973
  • Zandra Flyg · Swedish female curler and coach, born 1988

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.