Sandy (given name)
| Sandy | |
|---|---|
| Gender | unisex |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Alexander, Alexandra, Sandra |
Sandy is a popular unisex name; the male version can be a diminutive of "Alexander", "Sander", "Alasdair", "Sandipan", "Sandeep", "Sanford", or "Santiago," while the female version is a diminutive for "Sandra" or less commonly "Alexandra", Alisande, and "Cassandra". The female name may also be spelled "Sandi" or "Sandie".
Notable people named Sandy include:
Men
- Sandy Alderson (born 1947), American baseball executive
- Sandy Alomar, Jr. (born 1966), American baseball player
- Sandy Alomar, Sr. (born 1943), American baseball player
- Sandy Brown (musician) (1929–1975), Scottish jazz clarinetist
- Alexander Calder (1898-1976), American sculptor and artist
- Sandy Collins (politician), Canadian politician
- Sandy Dvore, American artist
- Sandy Gall (born 1937), Scottish journalist and broadcaster
- Sandy Gunn (1919–1944), British Second World War pilot and prisoner of war executed for participating in the "Great Escape"
- Sandy Hollway, Australian public servant
- Sandy Jardine (1948–2014), Scottish footballer
- Sandy Koufax (born 1935), American Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
- Sandy Lyle (born 1958), Scottish golfer
- Alexander MacAra (1932-2012), British epidemiologist
- Sandy Mitchell, pseudonym of British writer Alex Stewart
- Sandy Nelson (born 1938), American rock drummer
- Sandy Nelson (footballer) Australian footballer
- Alexander Patch (1889–1945), US Army general in World War II
- Sandy Powell (comedian) (1900–1982)
- Sandy Rass, British songwriter and musical theatre star
- Sandy Rothman (born 1946), American bluegrass musician and producer
- Sandy Sandberg (1910–1989), American football player
- Sandy Satullo, II (born 1954), American former NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Sandy Smith (born 1983), Scottish visual artist
- Sandy Tatum (1920–2017), American attorney and golf administrator
- Sandy Wollaston (1875–1930), British explorer
- Sandy Woodward (born 1932), nickname of British Admiral John Woodward
Women
- Sandy Chambers, British singer
- Sandy Dennis (1937–1992), American actress
- Sandy Denny (1947–1978), British singer and songwriter
- Sandy Descher, American actress
- Sandy Dillon, American singer and songwriter
- Sandy Duncan, American singer and actress
- Sandy Green (singer), British singer and songwriter
- Sandy Johnson (born 1954), American model and actress
- Sandy Lam, Hong Kong singer
- Sandy Leah Lima, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress
- Sandy Mölling, German singer
- Sandy Powell (costume designer) (born 1960)
- Sandy Shaw (writer) (born 1943), American writer on health
- Sandy Shaw (politician) (born 1960), Canadian politician
- Sandi Toksvig, British-Danish comedian, writer, actor, presenter and producer
- Sandy West, an American musician, drummer of The Runaways
Fictional characters
- Sandy, half of Julian and Sandy in the British radio comedy Round the Horne
- Sandy, Little Orphan Annie's dog
- Sandy, in Mark Twain's novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Sandy, Sodapop's ex-girlfriend in the 1967 novel The Outsiders (novel)
- Sandy, a fictional sandman by Arthur Beddard in Kidsongs: Good Night, Sleep Tight
- Sandy, in the Japanese Monkey (TV series) based on Journey to the West
- Sandy Brown (Noozles), from the Japanese anime The Noozles
- Sandy Cheeks, in the animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants
- Sandy Cohen, in the TV series The OC, played by Peter Gallagher
- Sandy Hawkins, a DC Comics superhero
- Sandy Olsson, in the 1978 musical film Grease
- Sandy Ricks, in the 1963 film Flipper
- Sandy Sunshine, in the video games Mugen Souls and Mugen Souls Z
- Sandy Thomas, in the British soap opera Emmerdale
- Alexander Wilson, nicknamed "Sandy", in the TV series Shetland
- Sha Wujing (Sandy), in the Chinese epic Journey to the West
See also
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