Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. SAN-dee  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Originally a diminutive of Alexander. As a feminine name it is a diminutive of Alexandra or Sandra. It can also be given in reference to the colour.

Related Names

DiminutiveLexa
Other Languages & CulturesAleksandër, Skënder(Albanian) Eskender, Eskinder(Amharic) Alexander, Alexandra, Alexandros(Ancient Greek) Iskandar(Arabic) Aleksandr, Aleks(Armenian) Alesander(Basque) Aliaksandr, Aliaksandra, Alesya(Belarusian) Alexander(Biblical) Alexandros(Biblical Greek) Aleksandar, Skender(Bosnian) Aleksandar, Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Asya, Sashka, Sasho(Bulgarian) Alexandra, Alexandre, Àlex(Catalan) Aleksandar, Aleksandra, Sandra, Sanda, Sandi, Saša(Croatian) Alexandr, Alexandra, Sandra, Aleš, Alex(Czech) Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Aleksander, Alex, Sander(Danish) Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Alex, Lex, Sander, Sascha, Xander, Xandra(Dutch) Aleksandro, Aleĉjo(Esperanto) Aleksander, Aleksandra, Sander(Estonian) Aleksandra, Aleksanteri, Ale, Samppa, Santeri, Santtu(Finnish) Alexandra, Alexandre, Sandra, Alex, Alexandrie, Alexandrine, Sandrine, Sasha(French) Alexandre(Galician) Aleksandra, Aleksandre, Sandro(Georgian) Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Alex, Alexa(German) Alexandra, Alexandros, Aleka, Alekos, Alex(Greek) Alexander, Alexandra, Alexandros(Greek Mythology) Alexander, Alexandra, Alex, Alexa, Sándor, Sanyi, Szandra(Hungarian) Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Alex(Icelandic) Iskandar(Indonesian) Alastar, Alastríona(Irish) Alessandra, Alessandro, Sandra, Ale, Alessa, Alex, Alexandra, Sandro(Italian) Aleksandra, Aleksandrs, Sandra, Sanda, Santa(Latvian) Aleksandra, Aleksandras, Sandra(Lithuanian) Aleksandar, Aleksandra, Sandra, Aca, Ace, Aco, Sashka, Sasho, Saška, Saško, Sašo(Macedonian) Iskandar(Malay) Aleksander, Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Alex, Sander(Norwegian) Sikandar(Pashto) Eskandar(Persian) Aleksander, Aleksandra, Sandra, Aleks, Ola, Olek(Polish) Alexandra, Alexandre, Alexandrina, Sandra, Alex, Xande, Xandinho(Portuguese) Alexandra, Alexandrina, Alexandru, Sandra, Alex, Andra, Sanda, Sandu(Romanian) Aleksandr, Aleksandra, Alexandr, Alexandra, Alexsandr, Aleks, Aleksandrina, Alesya, Alex, Alik, Alya, Asya, Olesya, Sanya, Sasha, Sashenka, Sashok, Shura(Russian) Sawney(Scots) Alastair, Alistair, Alister, Ally(Scottish) Alasdair(Scottish Gaelic) Aleksandar, Aleksandra, Sandra, Aca, Aco, Saša(Serbian) Alexander, Alexandra, Aleš(Slovak) Aleksander, Aleksandra, Sandra, Aleks, Aleš, Alja, Sandi, Saša, Saška, Sašo(Slovene) Alejandra, Alejandro, Sandra, Ale, Álex, Alexandra(Spanish) Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra, Alex, Sassa(Swedish) İskender(Turkish) Aleksandr, Aleksandra, Alexandra, Oleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksandra, Aleks, Lesya, Oles, Olesya, Sasha(Ukrainian) Sikandar(Urdu) Sender(Yiddish)
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Entry updated July 28, 2009