Given name & surname
Sandor
“helper and defender of mankind”
Sandor is a variant of Sander. In German use, Sander carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sandor is a variant of Sander. In German use, Sander carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sandor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 928
- 928 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −57%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 29 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,663 as a first name in 2020; 1,709 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sandor
- Sandor HarmatiHungarian American musician (1892–1936)
- Sandor KatzAmerican writerborn 1962
- Sandor FuntekFrench actorborn 1990
Characters named Sandor: Sandor Clegane (A Song of Ice and Fire).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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