Given name & surname
Bandi
“a feisty man”
Bandi is a variant of Bandy. One American interpretation is “a feisty man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bandi is a variant of Bandy. One American interpretation is “a feisty man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bandi is a variant of Bandy. An origin associated with Bandy is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bandi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 52
- 0 boys · 52 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 142 as a first name in 2020; 1,349 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bandi’s family of names
Bandi has a related form in Bandy. In Hungarian usage, Bandi has a conventional equivalent in the English form Andy. In Greek usage, Bandi as a surname is a transliteration of Μπανδή.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bandi has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
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Brandy
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>99% girls
Randi
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1% boys · 99% girls
Mindy
“one who is sweet and gentle” · “one who is worthy of admiration”
>99% girls
Lindy
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>99% girls
Rani
“a lovely singer; a queenly woman”
14% boys · 86% girls
Candy
“a queen” · “one who is white and glowing”
>99% girls