Sandy - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Sandy \s(a)-ndy, san-dy\ is of Greek origin. Pet form, originally Scottish, of Alexandra. Now sometimes used as an independent given name. Also a nickname for someone with light reddish-brown hair.

Sandy has 4 variant forms: Sandee, Sandi, Sandie and Sanndi.

For more information, see also related names Kani, Shandy, Tandy, Cassandra and Sandra.

Baby names that sound like Sandy are Sandye, Sande, Sanda, Syndy, Sindy and Zandy.

Sandy is a very popular female first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Sandy. Click here to compare Sandy with related baby names.