Sandy - Meaning of Sandy

What does Sandy mean?

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Sandy

[ 2 syll. san-dy, sa-ndy ] The baby girl name Sandy is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is more popular. It is pronounced as SAENDiy- †.

1: Sandy's language of origin is Old Greek and it is predominantly used in English.

Forms of Sandy include the names Sandey, Sandya, and Sandye.

2: Sandy is of Middle English origin. Here, the meaning is 'sandy-haired'.

Sandy is an English familiar form of the English, Italian, and Spanish Alessandra.

Sandy is also an English familiar form of the English, Estonian, French, German, Italian, and Spanish Sandra and an English familiar form of Alexandra.

Sandy is also an English familiar form of the English, Estonian, French, German, Italian, and Spanish Sandra and an English familiar form of the English and German Cassandra.

See also the related categories, english and greek.

Sandy is an uncommon baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1960, 0.175% of baby girls were named Sandy. It was #126 in rank then. The baby name has fallen from favor since then, and is currently used only on an infrequent scale. In 2018, within the family of girl names directly related to Sandy, Alexandra was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Sandy include Sandea, Sandee, Sandi, Sandie, Sanndie, Samanth, Samanthe, Samath, Sandey, Sandhya, Sandye, Santanne, Santee, Santi, Santie, Sekhmet, Sennett, Senta, Shanda, and Shandi.

† English pronunciation for Sandy: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"