Gender Feminine
Usage Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Czech, Romanian
Scripts Сандра(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈsan.dra/(Italian, Polish, Czech, Romanian) /ˈsæn.dɹə/(English) /sɑ̃.dʁa/(French) /ˈsan.dɾa/(Spanish) /ˈzan.dʁa/(German) /ˈsɑn.draː/(Dutch) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Short form of Alessandra. It was introduced to the English-speaking world (where it is usually used independently of Alexandra) 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 the American actress Sandra Bullock (1964-).
Related Names
Masculine FormAlessandro(Italian)
Other Languages & CulturesAlexandra(Ancient Greek) Aliaksandra, Alesya(Belarusian) Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Asya, Sashka(Bulgarian) Alexandra(Catalan) Aleksandra(Estonian) Aleksandra(Finnish) Aleksandra(Georgian) Alexandra, Aleka(Greek) Alexandra(Greek Mythology) Alexandra, Alexa, Szandra(Hungarian) Alastríona(Irish) Aleksandra, Alexandra, Aleks, Aleksandrina, Alesya, Alya, Asya, Olesya, Sanya, Sasha, Sashenka, Shura(Russian) Alexandra(Slovak) Aleksandra, Alexandra, Oleksandra, Aleks, Lesya, Olesya, Sasha(Ukrainian)
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