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What does Sandy mean?
Sandy 
▼ as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Sandy) 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. Also form of Cassandra. Also form of Sandra.
STARTS WITH Sa-
Variations
VARIANTS Sandee, Sandi▼, Sandie, Sanndi
RELATIONS VIA ALEXANDRA Anda, Sanda, Sande, Sandra▼, Sandye, Sanndra, Sannie, Sasha, Sondra▼, Xandra, Zanda, Zandra
MASCULINE FORMS Shandy, Zander
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Sady, ..
(male) Sanso, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Sandy Willow (S.W.), ..
How popular is Sandy?
Sandy is a very popular first name for females (#322 out of 4276, Top 8%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#5621 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Sandy entered the list in 1930-1939 and reached its highest position of #167 in the U.S. in the 1960s, but is not found in the list currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Sandy are Alexandra (#125 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Cassandra (#662), Sandee, Sandi, Sandie, Sandra (#975), Sasha (#571), Sondra and Zandra. Adoption of these forms of Sandy was well-received among parents during 1940-1949 (AVERAGE #865) and is now much lower (#1433, DOWN 89%), with forms such as Sandy becoming less stylish.
Similar Names
Sandy▼ is pronounced similarly to Cinda, Cindi▼, Cindy▼, Cynda, Cyndi, Cyndy, Sanda, Sandye, Sindee, Sindi, Sindia, Sindie, Sindy, Sindya, Sondya, Synda, Syndee, Syndi, Syndia, Syndie, Syndy, Zanda, Zandie, Zandy and Zenda. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Amandy, Andy, Bindy, Brandy▼, Caddy, Cady, Candy▼, Chandy, Jady, Jandy, Kady, Kandy, Lady, Laidy, Lindy▼, Lundy, Lyndy, Maddy, Mandy▼, Mindy▼, Nady, Randy▼, Sada, Sade▼, Sadye▼, Saida, Saidey, Sally▼, San, Sana, Sande, Sandra▼, Sanna, Sanny, Santa, Sayda, Shanay, Shanda▼, Shandey, Shandi, Shandy, Sinny, Sinty, Suanny, Sunny▲, Swanny, Tandy, Thandy, Wandy and Wendy▼. These names tend to be less commonly used than Sandy.
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