Sandy - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Sandy \s(a)-

, also used as girl's name Sandy, is pronounced SAN-dee. Pet form, originally Scottish, of the Greek name Alexander. Sometimes also given as a nickname based on a person's hair or coloring, like Rusty. Sandro is an Italian form; Sandor is Hungarian.

Sandy has 5 variant forms: Sandey, Sandie, Sandino, Sandor and Sandro.

For more information, see also related names Shandy and Zander.

Baby names that sound like Sandy are Santo and Sante.

Sandy is a somewhat common first name for men (#840 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#5477 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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