Sandra name - Meaning of Sandra
- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 3
- Usage
- Italian, English, French, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Romanian, Greek
- Pronounced
- SAHN-drah (Italian, Dutch) , SAN-drə (English) , ZAHN-drah (German)
- Sandra Meaning
- Short form of Alessandra. It was introduced to the English-speaking world by author George Meredith, who used it for the heroine in his novel 'Emilia in England' (1864) and the reissued version 'Sandra Belloni' (1887). A famous bearer is American actress Sandra Bullock (1964-). Sandra originates in Greek language and means "protector of humanity". Most likely, it is a diminutive of the name Alexandra, possibly Cassandra. In the U.S., it was very popular in the 1950s. Alexandra is a feminine form of Alexander. Saint Alexandra was a martyr of the Diocletianic persecutions. Throughout history, there have been many members of royalty given the name Alexandra. In Greek mythology, Alexandra was a by-name of the goddess Hera. The name was popularized by Alexander the Great.
Sandra Related Names
Variants: Alessa (Italian), Sondra (English), Sandrine, Sandria, Sandrina, Saundra, Sandy
Diminutives: Sandy, Sandie (English), Sandrine (French)
Other Languages: Alexandra (Ancient Greek), Aleksandra, Aleksandrina (Bulgarian), Alexandra (Czech), Aleksandra (Estonian), Alexandra (Greek), Alexandra (Greek Mythology), Alexandra, Szandra (Hungarian), Alastríona (Irish), Aleksandra, Ola (Polish), Aleksandra, Alexandra, Aleksandrina, Sasha, Shura (Russian), Saundra (Scottish), Alexandra (Slovak), Alejandra, Ale, Alexandra (Spanish), Oleksandra, Lesya (Ukrainian)
Sandra Celebrities
Sandra Bullock - actress, Sandra Bernhard - actress, Sandra Dee - actress, Sandra Bishop - writer, Sandra Cisneros - poet, Sandra Dempsey - writer, Sandra Blow - artist, Sandra Oh - actress,
