Sandra
Sandra is a female given name . It can be derived as a shortened form of the name either from Alexandra or from Kassandra .
Origin and variants
There are several possible ways of deriving the name:
- Variant of the name Kassandra
- Formed from Alessandra , the Italian form of the name Alexandra
An Italian diminutive is the name variant Sandrina .
The male name form is Sandro and is derived from the first name Alessandro (Italian for Alexander). The surname Sandri is a patronymic formation from Sandro.
name day
- 2nd of April
Name bearers
- Sandra (orangutan) (* 1986), non-human person
- Sandra Andreis (* 1975), Swedish actress
- Sandra Becker (* 1967), German video artist
- Sandra Beißel (* 1974), German badminton player
- Sandra Bernhard (* 1955), American comedienne, actress, singer and author
- Sandra Borch (* 1988), Norwegian politician
- Sandra Borgmann (* 1974), German actress
- Sandra Brown (* 1946), Australian sprinter
- Sandra Brown (* 1948), American writer
- Sandra Bullock (born 1964), American actress
- Sandra Boner (* 1974), Swiss television presenter
- Sandra Ceccarelli (* 1967), Italian actress
- Sandra Cervik (* 1966), Austrian actress
- Sandra Day O'Connor (* 1930), American lawyer
- Sandra Dee (1942–2005), American actress
- Sandra Eckardt (* 1975), German television presenter
- Sandra Frauenberger (* 1966), Austrian politician
- Sandra Gerth (* 1978), German author, see Jae
- Sandra Gugić (* 1976), Austrian writer
- Sandra Hüller (* 1978), German actress
- Sandra Izbașa (* 1990), Romanian gymnast
- Sandra Jozipovic (* 1982), German television presenter
- Sandra Kiriasis (* 1975), German bobsleigh pilot
- Sandra Lauer (* 1962), German-French pop singer, see Sandra
- Sandra Lipp (* 1988), Austrian actress
- Sandra Maahn (* 1968), German television presenter
- Sandra Magnus (* 1964), American astronaut
- Sandra Maischberger (* 1966), German journalist and television presenter
- Sandra Minnert (* 1973), German soccer player
- Sandra Nasić (* 1976), German singer
- Sandra Neumann (* 1980), German sprinter
- Sandra Nettelbeck (* 1966), German film director and screenwriter
- Sandra Oh (* 1971), American actress
- Sandra Paretti (1935–1994), German writer
- Sandra Quadflieg (* 1979), German actress
- Sandra Romain (* 1978), Romanian porn actress
- Sandra Schumacher (* 1966), German racing cyclist
- Sandra Schwittau (* 1969), German actress, author and voice actress
- Sandra Seefried (* 1987), German actress
- Sandra Shine (* 1981), Hungarian porn actress, model and director
- Sandra Smisek (* 1977), German soccer player
- Sandra Speichert (* 1971), German actress
- Sandra Studer (* 1969), Swiss presenter and singer
- Sandra Stumptner (* 1980), Austrian singer, see Antonia from Tyrol
- Sandra Trattnigg (* 1976), Austrian opera and concert singer (soprano)
- Sandra Urach (* 1976), Austrian long-distance runner
- Sandra Utzinger (* 1972), Swiss film and theater actress
- Sandra Völker (* 1974), German swimmer
- Sandra White (* 1951), Scottish politician
- Sandra White (1962–1989), German actress
- Sandra Záhlavová (* 1985), Czech tennis player
Others
places
Șandra is the name of several places in Romania:
- Șandra (Satu Mare) , a village in Satu Mare County
- Șandra (Timiș) (German Alexanderhausen ), municipality in the Timiș district
Heavenly bodies
- (1760) Sandra , an asteroid
Movies
Sandra is the title of several feature films:
- Sandra by Arthur H. Sawyer (1924)
- Sandra by Luchino Visconti (1965)
Songs
- Rozen voor Sandra (1970, French version as Une rose pour Sandra , 1972) by Jimmy Frey
software
- SiSoftware Sandra and Sandra Lite from the manufacturer SiSoftware, modular system information and benchmark tools that provide hardware information about the PC and thus enable system diagnostics under Windows.