Given name & surname
Shandra
“helper and defender of mankind”
Shandra is a variant of Sandra. In Greek use, Sandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shandra is a variant of Sandra. In Greek use, Sandra 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 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Shandra is a variant of Sandra. The history of Sandra gives this family its wider story. George Meredith’s heroine Emilia Sandra Belloni helped bring Sandra to English-speaking readers. The novel first appeared as Emilia in England and was later titled Sandra Belloni.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Shandra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,018
- 0 boys · 3,018 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 127 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 6 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 127 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,788 as a first name in 2020; 138 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.
Shandra’s family of names
Shandra has a related form in Sandra. In English usage, Shandra has a related form in Chandra.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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