Shandra

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Shandra by the numbers

Its American peak was 127 babies in 1976, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Shandra

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Sandradefender of mankind; short form of Alexandra299 in the US (2017)
  • Shanda
  • Shaniai am on my way101 in the US (2017)
  • Shairapoetess or noble; a form of Shayra37 in the US (2017)
  • Shanalily; a form of Shoshana6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Shakiragrateful or thankful24 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Shandra

Names that are said the same way as Shandra, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Shandra

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