Entry № 9172 · Greek origin

Sandra Sandra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SAN-drah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Defender of mankind (Sandra Day O'Connor; Sandra Cisneros)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Italian)

A name that means "defender of mankind (sandra day o'connor; sandra cisneros)".

Sandra is the Italian short form of Alessandra, the feminine of Alexander — from the Greek alexein (to defend) + aner (man). Sandra Bullock (born 1964) — Oscar-winning American actress.

Defender of mankind (Sandra Day O'Connor; Sandra Cisneros) — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Sandra
Transliteration
Sandra
Pronunciation
/ ˈsæn.drə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sandra stands.

Sandra does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Sandras before her.

Real people
Sandra Day O'Connor
First woman US Supreme Court Justice.
1930 – 2023
Sandra Cisneros
American novelist.
born 1954
Sandra Bullock
American Oscar actress.
born 1964
In fiction
Sandra
Various film roles.

Names connected to Sandra.

The number behind Sandra.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sandra reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.