Calandra

A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning lark; the songbird.

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US popularity
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outside the top 1000
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outside the ONS list

Calandra by the numbers

Its American peak was 103 babies in 1972, making it a 1970s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Calandra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Casandraa variant of Cassandra; she who entangles men24 in the US (2017)
  • Cassandrashe who entangles men496 in the US (2017)
  • Chandramoon16 in the US (2017)
  • Cassandra form of cassandra, shine upon men
  • Cassaundraa form of cassandra, shine upon men
  • Cassondraone who entangles men; a form of Cassandra

Other names that mean a bird

Like Calandra, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
  • Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
  • Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
  • Alondralark; a form of Alondra844 in the US (2017)
  • Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)
  • Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)

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