Sandra

Sandra

See also: sandra

English

Etymology

A short form of Alexandra and, less often, of Cassandra.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsændɹə/

• Audio (UK)

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Proper noun

Sandra (plural Sandras)

1. A female given name.
   • 1971 Hugh Hood, The Fruit Man, the Meat Man & the Manager: Stories, Oberon Press 1971, page 23:

     "Sandra, that's no name for anybody; that was a name for movie stars around 1948. Nobody's used it since. But the fact is, her name really is Sandra. - - - In the mills towns like Torrington and Bristol, the Italians might very well call a girl Sandra for real. Straight. It's just short for Alessandra. Alexandra. So she has numerous choices - she can be Sandy, a clean-cut WASP, or she can be Renaissance Alessandra, or movie-star Sandra, or old-fashioned Edwardian Alexandra, all on the one name."

   • 2012 March 7, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, “Women's Access to Health Care”, in Congressional Record‎, page H1218:

     A young law student, Sandra Fluke, came before this body, before the Members of Congress, and testified regarding coverage for family planning and contraceptives.

Usage notes

• Popular in the Anglophone world from the 1940s to the 1960s.

Translations

female given name

Esperanto: Alenjo (for "Alexandra"), Kasanjo (for "Cassandra") French: Sandra (fr) German: Sandra (de) Russian: Са́ндра (ru) f (Sándra)

Anagrams

• NARSAD, Randas, nasard, sandar, sardan

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Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsandra]

Proper noun

Sandra f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sandra

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Danish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Sandra

1. a female given name, short for Alexandra

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Dutch

Proper noun

Sandra f

1. a female given name

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Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Sandra

1. a female given name, short for Aleksandra

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Faroese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Sandra f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sandra

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Sandra: Sandruson
• daughter of Sandra: Sandrudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Sandra
Accusative	Sandru
Dative	Sandru
Genitive	Sandru

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French

Etymology

Clipping of Alexandra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.dʁa/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Sandra f

1. a female given name, short form of Alexandra

Related terms

• Sandrine

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Sandra, reinforced by the English name Sandra.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Sandra

1. a female given name from Italian or English, popular in Germany around 1970 - 1990, equivalent to English Sandra

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Icelandic

Proper noun

Sandra f

1. a female given name

Declension

declension of Sandra

f-w1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Sandra
accusative	Söndru
dative	Söndru
genitive	Söndru

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Italian

Etymology

Diminutive of Alessandra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsan.dra/
• Rhymes: -andra
• Hyphenation: Sàn‧dra

Proper noun

Sandra f

1. a female given name

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1937. From Aleksandra.

Proper noun

Sandra f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sandra

Related terms

• Sanda

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Sandra was the only given name of 8496 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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Lithuanian

Proper noun

Sandra f

1. a female given name

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Norwegian

Etymology

Short form of Alexandra. First used as a given name in the end of the 19th century.

Proper noun

Sandra

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sandra

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Portuguese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.dɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɾɐ

Proper noun

Sandra f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Alessandra, equivalent to English Sandra

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Spanish

Etymology

From Italian Sandra, short form of Alessandra, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Compare Spanish Alejandra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsandɾa/ [ˈsãn̪.d̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -andɾa
• Syllabification: San‧dra

Proper noun

Sandra f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sandra

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Swedish

Etymology

A short form of Alexandra. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1871.

Proper noun

Sandra c (genitive Sandras)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sandra

Anagrams

• andars, andras, dansar, sandar