Given name
Sondra
“helper and defender of mankind”
In English use, Sondra is a form of Sandra. In Greek use, Sandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Sondra is a form 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 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Sondra is a form 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
Sondra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27,074
- 0 boys · 27,074 girls
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 897 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #13,013 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,013 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 897 in 1942. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 21,227 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sondra’s family of names
Sondra has a related form in Sandra. Sondra is a form of Sandra.
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 Sondra
- Sondra LockeAmerican actress (1944–2018)
- Sondra RadvanovskyAmerican-Canadian opera singerborn 1969
- Sondra CurrieAmerican actressborn 1947
- Sondra van ErtAmerican alpine skierborn 1964
- Sondra LondonAmerican writerborn 1947
- Sondra Rodgersactor (1903-1997)
- Sondra PerryAmerican visual artist (born 1986)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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