Sandy (given name)

Sandy (given name)
Sandy is a popular unisex given name. The male version can be a diminutive of Alexander, Sander, Alasdair, Sandipan, Sandeep, Sanford, Santiago, etc., while the female version can be a diminutive for Sandra (itself a diminutive of Alexandra and Cassandra) or, less commonly, Alisande. Female spelling variations include Sandi and Sandie.
Notable people named Sandy include:
Men
Sandy Alcántara (born 1995), Dominican baseball pitcher
Sandy Alderson (born 1947), American baseball executive
Sandy Allan (born 1947), Scottish footballer
Sandy Alomar Jr. (born 1966), Puerto Rican baseball player
Sandy Alomar Sr. (born 1943), Puerto Rican baseball player
Sandy Amorós (1930–1992), Cuban baseball player
Sandy Becker (1922–1996), American actor and television host
Sandy Brown (1929–1975), Scottish jazz clarinetist
Alexander Calder (1898–1976), American sculptor and artist
Sandy Cohen (born 1995), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Sandy Collins (born 1978), Canadian politician
Sandy Dvore (1934–2020), American artist
Sandy Frank (born 1929), American television producer
Sandy Gall (born 1937), Scottish journalist and broadcaster
Sandy Gunn (1919–1944), British Second World War pilot and prisoner of war executed for participating in the "Great Escape"
Alex Hair (1898–1970), Scottish footballer
Sandy Hollway, Australian public servant
Sandy Jardine (1948–2014), Scottish footballer
Sandy Koufax (born 1935), American Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
Brian Lane (RAF officer) (1917–1942), British Second World War flying ace
Sandy Lyle (born 1958), Scottish golfer
Alexander MacAra (1932–2012), British epidemiologist
Sandy Mayer (born 1952), American tennis player
Sandy Munro (born 1938), Canadian-American engineer
Sandy Nelson (1938–2022), American rock and roll drummer
Sandy Nelson (footballer) Australian footballer
Sandy Newbigging (1876–1976), Scottish footballer
Alexander Patch (1889–1945), US Army general in World War II
Sandy Powell (comedian) (1900–1982), British comedian
Sandy Rass, British songwriter and musical theatre star
Sandy Rothman (born 1946), American bluegrass musician and producer
Sandy Sandberg (1910–1989), American football player
Sandy Satullo II (born 1954), American former NASCAR Cup Series driver
Sandy Smith (born 1983), Scottish visual artist
Sandy Stuvik (born 1995), Thai racing driver
Sandy Tatum (1920–2017), American attorney and golf administrator
Sandy Wollaston (1875–1930), British explorer
Sandy Woodward (1932–2013), nickname of British Admiral John Woodward
Women
Sandy Abi Elias (born 1997), Lebanese-British footballer
Sandy Chambers (born 1967), British singer
Sandy Dennis (1937–1992), American actress
Sandy Denny (1947–1978), British singer and songwriter
Sandy Descher (born 1945), American actress
Sandy Dillon (1960–2022), American singer and songwriter
Sandy Duncan (born 1946), American singer and actress
Sandy Fox (born 1963), American singer and actress
Sandy Green (singer) (born 1987), British singer and songwriter
Sandy Heribert (born 1983), French-British TV journalist
Sandy Johnson (born 1954), American model and actress
Sandy Lam (born 1966), Hong Kong singer
Sandy McGarry (born 1961), American politician from South Carolina
Sandy Mölling (born 1981), German singer
Sandhya Mridul (born 1975), Indian actress nicknamed Sandy
Sandy Posey (born 1944), American singer
Sandy Powell (costume designer) (born 1960), British costume designer
Sandy Ratcliff (1948–2019), English actress
Sandy Schreier, American fashion historian and collector
Sandie Shaw (born 1947), English singer
Sandy Shaw (writer) (born 1943), American writer on health
Sandy Shaw (politician) (born 1960), Canadian politician
Sandy Skinner (born 1988/1989), Saint-Pierrais politician
Sandi Thom (born 1981), Scottish singer-songwriter
Sandi Toksvig (born 1958), British-Danish comedian, writer, actor, presenter and producer
Sandy Verschoor (born 1959), Australian-Dutch politician and former Lord Mayor of Adelaide
Sandy West (1959–2006), American musician, drummer in The Runaways
Sandy Wollschlager (born 1957), American chemist and politician
Fictional characters
Sandy, a character in 2012 American horror film Sloppy the Psychotic
Sandy, half of Julian and Sandy in the British radio comedy Round the Horne
Sandy, Little Orphan Annie's dog
Sandy, in Mark Twain's novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Sandy, in the 1967 novel The Outsiders
Sandy, a sandman in Kidsongs: Good Night, Sleep Tight by Arthur Beddard
Sandy, in the Japanese television series Monkey based on Journey to the West
Sandy, a rail speeder in the American-Canadian television series Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!
Sandy Bachman, in season 4 of the American television drama series Homeland
Sandy Brown (Noozles), from the Japanese anime The Noozles
Sandy Cheeks, in the animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants
Sandy Cohen, in the TV series The OC, played by Peter Gallagher
Sandy Hawkins, a DC Comics superhero
Sandy Kominsky, in the TV series The Kominsky Method
Sandy Milkovich, a recurring character in the American TV series Shameless
Sandy Olsson, in the 1978 musical film Grease
Sandy Ricks, in the 1963 film Flipper
Alejandro "Sandy" Stern, in the novel Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow and subsequent movie
Sandy Sunshine, in the video games Mugen Souls and Mugen Souls Z
Sandy Thomas, in the British soap opera Emmerdale
Alexander Wilson, in the TV series Shetland
Sha Wujing (Sandy), in the Chinese epic Journey to the West
Sandy Bigelow Patterson, in the 2013 American road comedy film Identity Thief
See also
Sandy (disambiguation)
English feminine given names
English-language unisex given names
English unisex given names
Feminine given names
Unisex given names
Masculine given names
Nicknames
Hypocorisms