Sandy

Where Sandy comes from

From clippings + -y
— Wiktionary's entry for Sandy
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Sandy through the years
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,876 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1937
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1946
    Sandy Duncan born
    American actress, comedian, dancer and singer
  4. 1960
    Peak, #126
    3,647 babies named Sandy, the most in any year.
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #193.
  6. 1983
    Sandy born
    Brazilian singer and actress
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name from diminutives
  • A diminutive of the male given names Alexander, Sander, Alasdair, Sandeep, Sanford, and Santiago.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Sandra, Alexandra, and Cassandra.
Namesakes
  • Sandy · Brazilian singer and actress, born 1983
  • Sandy Duncan · American actress, comedian, dancer and singer, born 1946
  • Sandy Koufax · American baseball player, born 1935
  • Sandy Walsh · Indonesian footballer, born 1995
  • Sandy Powell · English costume designer, born 1960

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.