Sandra

See also: sandra

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsandɹə/, /ˈsɑːndɹə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsændɹə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ændɹə

Proper noun

Sandra (plural Sandras)

1. A female given name.
   • 1971, Hugh Hood, The Fruit Man, the Meat Man & the Manager: Stories, Oberon Press, published 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^[1], 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.

   • 2018 April 23, Chuck Johnston, “Judge not allowed back to court after berating woman who died”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 12 November 2025:

     Judge Merrilee Ehrlich was seen in video of the April 15 court appearance yelling at Sandra Faye Twiggs. The 59-year-old was in court on a simple battery charge after a dispute over a fan at her home in Lauderhill.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• Kendra

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

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

Declension

Declension of Sandra (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Sandra	Sandry
genitive	Sandry	Sander
dative	Sandře	Sandrám
accusative	Sandru	Sandry
vocative	Sandro	Sandry
locative	Sandře	Sandrách
instrumental	Sandrou	Sandrami

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Sandra f

1. a female given name

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

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

• Sandra's son: Sandruson
• Sandra's daughter: Sandrudóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Sandra
accusative	Sandru
dative	Sandru
genitive	Sandru

Finnish

Etymology

Shortened from Aleksandra after foreign examples.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑndrɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝n.drɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑndrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Sand‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): Sand‧ra

Proper noun

Sandra

1. a female given name

Declension

Inflection of Sandra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Sandra	Sandrat
genitive		Sandran	Sandrojen
partitive		Sandraa	Sandroja
illative		Sandraan	Sandroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Sandra	Sandrat
accusative	nom.	Sandra	Sandrat
	gen.	Sandran
genitive		Sandran	Sandrojen Sandrain rare
partitive		Sandraa	Sandroja
inessive		Sandrassa	Sandroissa
elative		Sandrasta	Sandroista
illative		Sandraan	Sandroihin
adessive		Sandralla	Sandroilla
ablative		Sandralta	Sandroilta
allative		Sandralle	Sandroille
essive		Sandrana	Sandroina
translative		Sandraksi	Sandroiksi
abessive		Sandratta	Sandroitta
instructive		—	Sandroin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Sandra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sandrani Sandrani accusative nom. Sandrani Sandrani gen. Sandrani genitive Sandrani Sandrojeni Sandraini rare partitive Sandraani Sandrojani inessive Sandrassani Sandroissani elative Sandrastani Sandroistani illative Sandraani Sandroihini adessive Sandrallani Sandroillani ablative Sandraltani Sandroiltani allative Sandralleni Sandroilleni essive Sandranani Sandroinani translative Sandrakseni Sandroikseni abessive Sandrattani Sandroittani instructive — — comitative — Sandroineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sandrasi Sandrasi accusative nom. Sandrasi Sandrasi gen. Sandrasi genitive Sandrasi Sandrojesi Sandraisi rare partitive Sandraasi Sandrojasi inessive Sandrassasi Sandroissasi elative Sandrastasi Sandroistasi illative Sandraasi Sandroihisi adessive Sandrallasi Sandroillasi ablative Sandraltasi Sandroiltasi allative Sandrallesi Sandroillesi essive Sandranasi Sandroinasi translative Sandraksesi Sandroiksesi abessive Sandrattasi Sandroittasi instructive — — comitative — Sandroinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sandramme Sandramme accusative nom. Sandramme Sandramme gen. Sandramme genitive Sandramme Sandrojemme Sandraimme rare partitive Sandraamme Sandrojamme inessive Sandrassamme Sandroissamme elative Sandrastamme Sandroistamme illative Sandraamme Sandroihimme adessive Sandrallamme Sandroillamme ablative Sandraltamme Sandroiltamme allative Sandrallemme Sandroillemme essive Sandranamme Sandroinamme translative Sandraksemme Sandroiksemme abessive Sandrattamme Sandroittamme instructive — — comitative — Sandroinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sandranne Sandranne accusative nom. Sandranne Sandranne gen. Sandranne genitive Sandranne Sandrojenne Sandrainne rare partitive Sandraanne Sandrojanne inessive Sandrassanne Sandroissanne elative Sandrastanne Sandroistanne illative Sandraanne Sandroihinne adessive Sandrallanne Sandroillanne ablative Sandraltanne Sandroiltanne allative Sandrallenne Sandroillenne essive Sandrananne Sandroinanne translative Sandraksenne Sandroiksenne abessive Sandrattanne Sandroittanne instructive — — comitative — Sandroinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Sandransa Sandransa accusative nom. Sandransa Sandransa gen. Sandransa genitive Sandransa Sandrojensa Sandrainsa rare partitive Sandraansa Sandrojaan Sandrojansa inessive Sandrassaan Sandrassansa Sandroissaan Sandroissansa elative Sandrastaan Sandrastansa Sandroistaan Sandroistansa illative Sandraansa Sandroihinsa adessive Sandrallaan Sandrallansa Sandroillaan Sandroillansa ablative Sandraltaan Sandraltansa Sandroiltaan Sandroiltansa allative Sandralleen Sandrallensa Sandroilleen Sandroillensa essive Sandranaan Sandranansa Sandroinaan Sandroinansa translative Sandrakseen Sandraksensa Sandroikseen Sandroiksensa abessive Sandrattaan Sandrattansa Sandroittaan Sandroittansa instructive — — comitative — Sandroineen Sandroinensa

Statistics

• Sandra is the 243^rd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,249 female individuals (and as a middle name to 504 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Sandra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzandʁa/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Sandra f (proper noun, genitive Sandras or (with an article) Sandra, masculine Sandro)

1. a female given name from Italian, popular in Germany around 1965 – 1990, equivalent to English Sandra

Icelandic

Proper noun

Sandra f (proper noun, genitive singular Söndru)

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Sandra (sg-only feminine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Sandra
accusative	Söndru
dative	Söndru
genitive	Söndru

Italian

Etymology

Diminutive of Alessandra.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sandra f

1. a female given name

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
• [3] Population Register of Latvia: Sandra was the only given name of 8496 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [¹ˈsɑˑndrɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɑˑndrɐ
• Syllabification: Sán‧dra

Proper noun

Sandra f

1. a female given name

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Clipping of Aleksandra (“female given name”), also used as a short form of the spelling variant Alexandra. The underlying name is Latin Alexandra (“female given name”), from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra), the feminine form of Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “male given name”). It is traditionally analysed as ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to ward off, defend”) and ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”), genitive ἀνδρός (andrós), hence “defender of men” or “protector of men”.

First attested in 1850 in Norway, documented in Bodin, Nordland.

Compare Danish Sandra, Swedish Sandra and Italian Sandra (“female given name”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sandra

1. a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Sandra, originally a short form of Aleksandra or Alexandra.

Usage notes

• Sandra is used both as an independent given name and as a short form, nickname, or pet form of Aleksandra or Alexandra.
• The Norwegian name day for Sandra is 17 February, shared with Aleksandra and Sondre.
• Sandra was particularly popular in Norway around the beginning of the 21st century.

Statistics

• According to Statistics Norway, 5,801 women in Norway had Sandra as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.

References

• “Sandra” in Store norske leksikon
• “Sandra” at Nordic Names
• Sandra (given name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sandra on the Norwegian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^no

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.dɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.dɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɾɐ
• Hyphenation: San‧dra

Proper noun

Sandra f (plural Sandras, masculine Sandro, masculine plural Sandros)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sandra

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sâːndra/

Proper noun

Sȃndra f (Cyrillic spelling Са̑ндра)

1. a female given name

Declension

    Declension of Sandra

	singular	plural
nominative	Sandra	Sandre
genitive	Sandre	Sandra
dative	Sandri	Sandrama
accusative	Sandru	Sandre
vocative	Sandro	Sandre
locative	Sandri	Sandrama
instrumental	Sandrom	Sandrama

Further reading

• “Sandra”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Sandra c (genitive Sandras)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sandra

Anagrams

• andars, andras, dansar, sandar