Given name & surname
Zandra
“helper and defender of mankind”
Zandra is a form of Alexandra. In Greek use, Alexandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Greek use, Zandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.” Zandra is a form of Alexandra. In Greek use, Alexandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
Zandra is used as a form of Alexandra.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1931. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zandra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,547
- 0 boys · 3,547 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 131 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 12 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 131 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,486 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.
Zandra’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Zandra has a diminutive in JANDRA. In Swedish usage, Zandra has a conventional equivalent in the German form Sandra. Zandra is a form of Alexandra.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zandra
- Zandra RhodesBritish fashion designer (born 1940)
- Zandra ReppeSwedish archer and wheelchair curler, Paralympianborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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