Sandy Forename
1,578th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 622,913 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Marshall Islands
Sandy Forename Definition:
A diminutive of Sanders, hence ultimately of Alexander. Often used in generic address to a Scot, though during and since the war of 1914-18 Jock has been more usual in this connexion.
Sandy Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 74% | 268,687 | 1:1,349 | 290 |
| Egypt | 97% | 42,531 | 1:2,161 | 312 |
| Myanmar | - | 27,302 | 1:1,903 | 148 |
| Canada | 87% | 25,392 | 1:1,305 | 298 |
| Indonesia | 96% | 24,938 | 1:10,344 | 1,425 |
| Philippines | 85% | 24,092 | 1:4,400 | 751 |
| Mexico | 97% | 15,831 | 1:7,842 | 767 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 15,720 | 1:1,503 | 362 |
| Brazil | 100% | 11,862 | 1:18,061 | 1,721 |
| Australia | - | 11,818 | 1:1,156 | 239 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 10,930 | 1:649 | 158 |
| France | 90% | 8,266 | 1:8,041 | 579 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 8,000 | 1:1,304 | 206 |
| England | 56% | 7,350 | 1:7,565 | 668 |
| Haiti | 100% | 7,126 | 1:1,505 | 239 |
| Germany | 100% | 7,086 | 1:13,644 | 796 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 6,189 | 1:2,731 | 509 |
| Venezuela | 99% | 5,935 | 1:5,089 | 653 |
| Ecuador | - | 5,821 | 1:3,045 | 423 |
| Peru | 95% | 5,298 | 1:6,001 | 846 |
| India | 53% | 4,917 | 1:247,077 | 24,284 |
| South Africa | 70% | 4,546 | 1:11,996 | 1,936 |
| Guatemala | 96% | 4,305 | 1:3,742 | 528 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4,268 | 1:2,692 | 540 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,032 | 1:1,125 | 262 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Ghana | 75% | 3,652 | 1:7,389 | 793 |
| Papua New Guinea | 88% | 3,605 | 1:2,261 | 262 |
| Colombia | 99% | 3,538 | 1:13,505 | 1,081 |
| China | - | 3,022 | 1:452,037 | 25,067 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,798 | 1:11,012 | 1,554 |
| Honduras | 100% | 2,729 | 1:3,231 | 492 |
| Iraq | 100% | 2,718 | 1:12,884 | 933 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 2,584 | 1:4,103 | 693 |
| Scotland | 95% | 2,281 | 1:2,346 | 322 |
| Chile | 97% | 1,976 | 1:8,911 | 718 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1,862 | 1:3,022 | 527 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,771 | 1:2,005 | 249 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,431 | 1:14,535 | 2,037 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,125 | 1:6,891 | 585 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,008 | 1:158,196 | 9,003 |
| Gabon | - | 1,002 | 1:1,880 | 439 |
| Malaysia | 75% | 865 | 1:35,202 | 3,138 |
| Nigeria | 73% | 840 | 1:211,386 | 8,992 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 762 | 1:740 | 168 |
| Jordan | 99% | 654 | 1:13,497 | 907 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 624 | 1:13,163 | 1,151 |
| El Salvador | - | 620 | 1:10,229 | 743 |
| Nicaragua | 61% | 612 | 1:9,834 | 1,050 |
| Singapore | 94% | 567 | 1:11,088 | 2,345 |
| Israel | 91% | 546 | 1:15,390 | 1,645 |
| Thailand | 72% | 527 | 1:132,952 | 10,162 |
| Zambia | - | 519 | 1:30,549 | 2,282 |
| Costa Rica | 81% | 518 | 1:9,205 | 878 |
| Portugal | - | 507 | 1:20,534 | 974 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 480 | 1:2,836 | 550 |
| Malawi | 100% | 465 | 1:36,801 | 2,710 |
| Mali | 100% | 442 | 1:38,411 | 2,315 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 433 | 1:54,895 | 8,061 |
| Sweden | 91% | 398 | 1:24,769 | 1,613 |
| Namibia | - | 394 | 1:6,102 | 850 |
| Poland | 93% | 377 | 1:100,868 | 2,190 |
| Congo | 67% | 355 | 1:14,110 | 1,632 |
| Panama | 100% | 354 | 1:11,035 | 1,417 |
| DR Congo | 64% | 315 | 1:234,373 | 9,910 |
| Jamaica | - | 291 | 1:9,908 | 1,141 |
| Botswana | 80% | 280 | 1:7,802 | 1,202 |
| Denmark | - | 279 | 1:20,249 | 1,192 |
| Morocco | - | 273 | 1:125,819 | 3,873 |
| Zimbabwe | 51% | 273 | 1:56,497 | 4,746 |
| Qatar | 53% | 271 | 1:8,744 | 1,411 |
| Spain | 63% | 256 | 1:181,758 | 3,891 |
| Italy | 97% | 250 | 1:244,248 | 3,286 |
| Ireland | 87% | 217 | 1:21,399 | 1,030 |
| Vanuatu | - | 212 | 1:1,235 | 346 |
| Greece | 100% | 207 | 1:52,824 | 1,807 |
| Palestine | 100% | 193 | 1:23,575 | 1,150 |
| Wales | 77% | 191 | 1:16,201 | 999 |
| Suriname | 100% | 181 | 1:3,054 | 705 |
| Kenya | - | 173 | 1:267,671 | 9,800 |
| Cuba | - | 157 | 1:73,290 | 1,787 |
| Marshall Islands | 82% | 136 | 1:377 | 19 |
| Bahrain | - | 133 | 1:10,140 | 1,551 |
| Uganda | 80% | 128 | 1:319,976 | 9,014 |
| Japan | - | 126 | 1:1,015,762 | 15,069 |
| Guyana | 100% | 122 | 1:6,256 | 1,076 |
| Senegal | 61% | 121 | 1:120,507 | 3,144 |
| French Polynesia | - | 113 | 1:2,459 | 522 |
| Russia | 55% | 107 | 1:1,347,979 | 10,418 |
| Malta | - | 102 | 1:4,209 | 603 |
| Liberia | 73% | 101 | 1:43,684 | 2,422 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 101 | 1:33,937 | 1,459 |
| Belize | 100% | 100 | 1:3,543 | 781 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 99 | 1:5,868 | 689 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Paraguay | 95% | 94 | 1:76,987 | 2,250 |
| Saint Lucia | 96% | 93 | 1:1,912 | 353 |
| Cameroon | 88% | 89 | 1:242,815 | 9,742 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 84 | 1:1,103 | 263 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 79 | 1:1,172,444 | 2,810 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Kazakhstan | 97% | 75 | 1:236,625 | 4,899 |
| Aruba | - | 71 | 1:1,462 | 299 |
| Norway | 100% | 63 | 1:81,466 | 2,852 |
| South Korea | - | 62 | 1:89,426 | 4,762 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 61 | 1:4,429 | 651 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 61 | 1:117,246 | 8,700 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 53 | 1:655 | 127 |
| Guam | - | 52 | 1:3,089 | 622 |
| Ivory Coast | 87% | 50 | 1:461,519 | 17,671 |
| Sudan | - | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Guernsey | - | 47 | 1:1,347 | 252 |
| Croatia | 100% | 43 | 1:98,072 | 2,428 |
| Argentina | 77% | 42 | 1:1,018,411 | 5,265 |
| Barbados | - | 42 | 1:6,900 | 892 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 42 | 1:4,627,564 | 46,557 |
| Bermuda | - | 41 | 1:1,581 | 369 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 40 | 1:46,079 | 1,191 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 40 | 1:2,744 | 522 |
| Austria | 100% | 39 | 1:218,313 | 3,147 |
| Syria | - | 38 | 1:508,055 | 2,845 |
| Macau | - | 37 | 1:16,438 | 326 |
| Angola | - | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 35 | 1:2,840 | 589 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 35 | 1:15,119 | 1,311 |
| Burkina Faso | 80% | 30 | 1:612,649 | 19,640 |
| Czechia | 89% | 26 | 1:409,852 | 2,291 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 26 | 1:2,103 | 430 |
| Rwanda | - | 25 | 1:454,857 | 1,393 |
| American Samoa | - | 23 | 1:2,428 | 422 |
| Cambodia | 71% | 19 | 1:856,491 | 14,474 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:3,226 | 656 |
| Cyprus | - | 17 | 1:51,240 | 2,169 |
| Turkey | 100% | 17 | 1:4,576,571 | 21,604 |
| Guinea | 100% | 16 | 1:741,165 | 3,127 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 16 | 1:3,299,270 | 23,966 |
| Oman | - | 15 | 1:273,911 | 3,812 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 15 | 1:3,657 | 689 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 67% | 15 | 1:7,439 | 1,138 |
| Ukraine | 73% | 15 | 1:3,033,327 | 6,531 |
| Jersey | - | 13 | 1:7,691 | 755 |
| Moldova | - | 13 | 1:273,934 | 2,181 |
| Romania | 100% | 13 | 1:1,542,460 | 22,573 |
| Algeria | - | 12 | 1:3,181,393 | 7,910 |
| Nepal | 100% | 12 | 1:2,373,946 | 34,978 |
| Finland | 61% | 11 | 1:498,471 | 5,769 |
| Grenada | 100% | 11 | 1:9,830 | 1,266 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 10 | 1:3,262,352 | 23,137 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Monaco | 100% | 9 | 1:4,274 | 738 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Bahamas | - | 7 | 1:57,053 | 1,294 |
| Niger | 100% | 7 | 1:2,740,571 | 30,052 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 6 | 1:409,793 | 5,154 |
| Albania | 100% | 5 | 1:609,314 | 20,025 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Micronesia | - | 5 | 1:21,300 | 626 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 5 | 1:38,399 | 2,673 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Maldives | - | 4 | 1:108,476 | 2,638 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Nauru | 75% | 4 | 1:2,982 | 284 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:16,376 | 1,521 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | 1:28,341 | 386 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| San Marino | 100% | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
Sandy (70,516) may also be a surname.
Sandy Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A diminutive of Sanders, hence ultimately of Alexander. Often used in generic address to a Scot, though during and since the war of 1914-18 Jock has been more usual in this connexion.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Scottish name corrupted from Alexander.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Sandy Forename Popularity
Sandy Demographics
Sandy Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 47,804 (2014)
United States
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Phonetically Similar Names
Sandy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sandy in the Russian language | ||
| Санды | sandy | - |
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