# Sandra
## English
### Etymology

A short form of Alexandra and, less often, of Cassandra.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsandɹə/, /ˈsɑːndɹə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈsændɹə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ændɹə

### Proper noun

Sandra (plural Sandras)
* A female given name.
** 1971, Hugh Hood, The Fruit Man, the Meat Man & the Manager: Stories, Oberon Press, published 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.

#### Usage notes

* Popular in the Anglophone world from the 1940s to the 1960s.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* NARSAD, Randas, nasard, sandar, sardan

## Czech
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsandra]

### Proper noun

Sandra f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Sandra

#### Declension
## Danish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Sandra
* a female given name, short for Alexandra

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Sandra f
* a female given name

## Estonian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Sandra
* a female given name, short for Aleksandra

## Faroese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Sandra f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Sandra

#### Usage notes

Matronymics
* son of Sandra: Sandruson
* daughter of Sandra: Sandrudóttir

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

Shortened from Aleksandra after foreign examples.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɑndrɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝n.drɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑndrɑ
* Hyphenation: Sand‧ra

### Proper noun

Sandra
* a female given name

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Sandra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sandrani
Sandrani
accusative
nom.
Sandrani
Sandrani
gen.
Sandrani
genitive
Sandrani
Sandrojeni Sandraini $^{rare}$
partitive
Sandraani
Sandrojani
inessive
Sandrassani
Sandroissani
elative
Sandrastani
Sandroistani
illative
Sandraani
Sandroihini
adessive
Sandrallani
Sandroillani
ablative
Sandraltani
Sandroiltani
allative
Sandralleni
Sandroilleni
essive
Sandranani
Sandroinani
translative
Sandrakseni
Sandroikseni
abessive
Sandrattani
Sandroittani
instructive
comitative
—Sandroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sandrasi
Sandrasi
accusative
nom.
Sandrasi
Sandrasi
gen.
Sandrasi
genitive
Sandrasi
Sandrojesi Sandraisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Sandraasi
Sandrojasi
inessive
Sandrassasi
Sandroissasi
elative
Sandrastasi
Sandroistasi
illative
Sandraasi
Sandroihisi
adessive
Sandrallasi
Sandroillasi
ablative
Sandraltasi
Sandroiltasi
allative
Sandrallesi
Sandroillesi
essive
Sandranasi
Sandroinasi
translative
Sandraksesi
Sandroiksesi
abessive
Sandrattasi
Sandroittasi
instructive
comitative
—Sandroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sandramme
Sandramme
accusative
nom.
Sandramme
Sandramme
gen.
Sandramme
genitive
Sandramme
Sandrojemme Sandraimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Sandraamme
Sandrojamme
inessive
Sandrassamme
Sandroissamme
elative
Sandrastamme
Sandroistamme
illative
Sandraamme
Sandroihimme
adessive
Sandrallamme
Sandroillamme
ablative
Sandraltamme
Sandroiltamme
allative
Sandrallemme
Sandroillemme
essive
Sandranamme
Sandroinamme
translative
Sandraksemme
Sandroiksemme
abessive
Sandrattamme
Sandroittamme
instructive
comitative
—Sandroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sandranne
Sandranne
accusative
nom.
Sandranne
Sandranne
gen.
Sandranne
genitive
Sandranne
Sandrojenne Sandrainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Sandraanne
Sandrojanne
inessive
Sandrassanne
Sandroissanne
elative
Sandrastanne
Sandroistanne
illative
Sandraanne
Sandroihinne
adessive
Sandrallanne
Sandroillanne
ablative
Sandraltanne
Sandroiltanne
allative
Sandrallenne
Sandroillenne
essive
Sandrananne
Sandroinanne
translative
Sandraksenne
Sandroiksenne
abessive
Sandrattanne
Sandroittanne
instructive
comitative
—Sandroinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sandransa
Sandransa
accusative
nom.
Sandransa
Sandransa
gen.
Sandransa
genitive
Sandransa
Sandrojensa Sandrainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Sandraansa
Sandrojaan Sandrojansa
inessive
Sandrassaan Sandrassansa
Sandroissaan Sandroissansa
elative
Sandrastaan Sandrastansa
Sandroistaan Sandroistansa
illative
Sandraansa
Sandroihinsa
adessive
Sandrallaan Sandrallansa
Sandroillaan Sandroillansa
ablative
Sandraltaan Sandraltansa
Sandroiltaan Sandroiltansa
allative
Sandralleen Sandrallensa
Sandroilleen Sandroillensa
essive
Sandranaan Sandranansa
Sandroinaan Sandroinansa
translative
Sandrakseen Sandraksensa
Sandroikseen Sandroiksensa
abessive
Sandrattaan Sandrattansa
Sandroittaan Sandroittansa
instructive
comitative
—Sandroineen Sandroinensa :

#### Statistics

* Sandra is the 245th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,185 female individuals (and as a middle name to 480 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

## French
### Etymology

Clipping of Alexandra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɑ̃.dʁa/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Sandra f
* a female given name, short form of Alexandra

#### Related terms

* Sandrine

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Sandra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzandʁa/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Sandra f (proper noun, genitive Sandras or (with an article) Sandra, masculine Sandro)
* a female given name from Italian, popular in Germany around 1965 – 1990, equivalent to English Sandra

## Icelandic
### Proper noun

Sandra f (proper noun, genitive singular Söndru)
* a female given name

#### Declension
## Italian
### Etymology

Diminutive of Alessandra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsan.dra/
* Rhymes: -andra
* Hyphenation: Sàn‧dra

### Proper noun

Sandra f
* a female given name

## Latvian
### Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1937. From Aleksandra.

### Proper noun

Sandra f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Sandra

#### Related terms

* Sanda

### References

* Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
* Population Register of Latvia: Sandra was the only given name of 8496 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

## Lithuanian
### Proper noun

Sandra f
* a female given name

## Norwegian
### Etymology

Short form of Alexandra. First used as a given name in the end of the 19th century.

### Proper noun

Sandra
* a female given name, equivalent to English Sandra

## Portuguese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɐ̃.dɾɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɾɐ

### Proper noun

Sandra f
* a diminutive of the female given name Alessandra, equivalent to English Sandra

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sâːndra/
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### Proper noun

Sȃndra f (Cyrillic spelling Са̑ндра)
* a female given name

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Sandra”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Sandra, short form of Alessandra, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra). Compare Spanish Alejandra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsandɾa/ [ˈsãn̪.d̪ɾa]
* Rhymes: -andɾa
* Syllabification: San‧dra

### Proper noun

Sandra f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Sandra

## Swedish
### Etymology

A short form of Alexandra. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1871.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Sandra c (genitive Sandras)
* a female given name, equivalent to English Sandra

### Anagrams

* andars, andras, dansar, sandar