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Add to ListGiven Name SANDRA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Romanian
OTHER SCRIPTS: Сандра (Serbian, Macedonian)
PRONOUNCED: SAN-dra (Italian, Polish), SAN-drə (English), SAHN-DRA (French), ZAN-dra (German), SAHN-drah (Dutch) [details]
Meaning & History
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-).
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MASCULINE FORMS: Alessandro (Italian), Alexander (English), Alexandre (French), Alejandro (Spanish), Alexandre (Portuguese), Alexander (German), Alexander (Dutch), Alexander (Swedish), Aleksander, Alexander (Norwegian), Alexander (Danish), Alexander (Icelandic), Aleksandrs (Latvian), Aleksandras (Lithuanian), Aleksander (Polish), Aleksander (Slovene), Aleksandar (Croatian), Aleksandar (Serbian), Aleksandar (Macedonian), Alexandru (Romanian)
OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES: Alexandra (Ancient Greek), Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Asya, Sashka (Bulgarian), Alexandra (Catalan), Alexandra (Czech), Aleksandra (Estonian), Alexandra, Aleka (Greek), Alexandra (Greek Mythology), Alexandra, Alexa, Szandra (Hungarian), Alastríona (Irish), Aleksandra, Alexandra, Aleksandrina, Asya, Sanya, Sasha, Shura (Russian), Saundra (Scottish), Alexandra (Slovak), Aleksandra, Alexandra, Oleksandra, Lesya, Sasha (Ukrainian)
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Entry updated December 8, 2017