Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Sandy
/SAN · dee/
Meaning
“Defender of men”
English and Scottish short form of Sandra or Alexander, from Greek Alexandros (defender of men); the beachy, breezy quality made it an all-American name in the mid-20th century.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Strongly associated with the 1960s-70s; Grease's Sandy is the defining pop-culture reference point.
The cultural moment.
Top 100 in the US and UK from the 1950s through the 1970s; declining since the 1980s with a nostalgic warmth.