Sandra
See also: sandra
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsændɹə/
Proper noun
Sandra (plural Sandras)
- A female given name.
- 1971 Hugh Hood, The Fruit Man, the Meat Man & the Manager: Stories, Oberon Press 1971, page 23:
- "Sandra, that's no name for anybody; that was a name for movie stars around 1948. Nobody's used it since. But the fact is, her name really is Sandra. - - - In the mills towns like Torrington and Bristol, the Italians might very well call a girl Sandra for real. Straight. It's just short for Alessandra. Alexandra. So she has numerous choices - she can be Sandy, a clean-cut WASP, or she can be Renaissance Alessandra, or movie-star Sandra, or old-fashioned Edwardian Alexandra, all on the one name."
- 2012 March 7, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, “Women's Access to Health Care”, in Congressional Record, page H1218:
- A young law student, Sandra Fluke, came before this body, before the Members of Congress, and testified regarding coverage for family planning and contraceptives.
- 1971 Hugh Hood, The Fruit Man, the Meat Man & the Manager: Stories, Oberon Press 1971, page 23:
Usage notes
- Popular in the Anglophone world from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: san‧dra
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsandra]
Danish
Estonian
Faroese
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Sandra: Sandruson
- daughter of Sandra: Sandrudóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Sandra |
Accusative | Sandru |
Dative | Sandru |
Genitive | Sandru |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃.dʁa/
Audio (file)
German
Usage notes
- Popular in Germany around 1970 - 1990.
Italian
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1937. From Aleksandra.
Related terms
Norwegian
Etymology
Short form of Alexandra. First used as a given name in the end of the 19th century.
Portuguese
Spanish
Etymology
From the Italian short form of Alessandra. Compare Alejandra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsandɾa/, [ˈsãn̪d̪ɾa]
Swedish
Etymology
A short form of Alexandra. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1871.
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