Sandi

Where Sandi comes from

The dictionaries list Sandi as a given name — a diminutive of the female given names Sandra, Alexandra, and Cassandra — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1934
    First appearance
    #3,802 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Peak, #509
    368 babies named Sandi — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #807.
  4. 1981
    Sandi Thom born
    Scottish singer
  5. 1992
    Sandi Morris born
    American pole vaulter
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given names Sandra, Alexandra, and Cassandra.
  • A diminutive of the male given names Alexander, Sander, Alasdair, Sandeep, Sanford, and Santiago.
Namesakes
  • Sandi Morris · American pole vaulter, born 1992
  • Sandi Thom · Scottish singer, born 1981
  • Sandi Patty · American Christian music singer, born 1956
  • Sandi Schultz · South African actress, born 1964
  • Sandi Čebular · Slovenian basketball player, born 1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.