Baby name
FADING
🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇨🇭 Sandrine
/sahn · DREEN/
Meaning
“Defender of men”
French feminine form of Sandra, itself a short form of Alexandra from Greek Alexandros (defender of men); the -ine suffix is a classically French feminine marker.
Nicknames
sandy
Vibe
strongwarmelegant
How it ages.
Feels distinctly French and 1970s-80s; aging without being embarrassing but not being revived.
The cultural moment.
Top 50 in France from the 1960s through the 1980s; declining steadily since the 1990s.