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Dandy

What does Dandy mean?

Dandy Pronunciation of Dandy as a boys' name is of Greek derivation, and the name Dandy means "man, warrior". Dandy is an alternate form of Andrew (Greek).

STARTS WITH Dan-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, warrior

Variations

VARIANT Dandie

RELATIONS VIA ANDREW Andy, Drud

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Dand, ..

(female) Danda, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dandy Braxton (D.B.), ..

How popular is Dandy?

Dandy is an uncommonly occurring first name for men but a very prominent surname for all people (#19343 out of 150436, Top 13%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Which version is better?

Prominent variation forms of Dandy (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) are Andrew (#43 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) and Andy (#369). Other forms, like Drud, are uncommon. These forms of Dandy reached the peak of their popularity 28 years ago (ADOPTION OF 1.69%) and are now significantly less popular (ADOPTION 0.45%, 73.3%), with the form Andrew becoming less in vogue. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Andrew, Andy in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Andrew outside U.S.

Similar Names

Dandy is alike in pronunciation to Dundee. Other recommended sound-alike names are Canady, Dabney, Dabny, Dacey, Dacy, Dade, Daffy, Dagny, Dahey, Dahy, Daicy, Daily, Daley, Daly, Dan, Dana, Danal, Danar, Danby, Dane, Danek, Dani, Danie, Danil, Danko, Dann, Danno, Danny, Danon, Dantay, Dante, Danya, Darby, Darcy, Dard, Darry, Darsy, Davey, Davy, Day, Denby, Denly, Denny, Donny, Dunly (see Dunley), Hardy, Laddy, Lindy, Lundy, Maddy, Nandy, Paddy, Randy, Sandy, Shandy, Tandy and Thandy. These names tend to be more frequently used than Dandy.

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