Given name & surname
Chandy
“an enemy of evil”
Chandy is a variant of Chanda. One Sanskrit interpretation is “an enemy of evil.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Chandy is a variant of Chanda. One Sanskrit interpretation is “an enemy of evil.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Chandy is a variant of Chanda. An origin associated with Chanda is Sanskrit.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chandy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 91
- 0 boys · 91 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 10 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 8 in 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 342 as a first name in 2020; 564 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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