Meaning and history
Zandra is an English feminine short form of Alexandra, sometimes treated as a variant of Sandra. Alexandra is the feminine form of Greek Alexandros, composed of alexein, “to defend,” and aner, “man” or “person,” giving the traditional sense “defender of people.” The name family is associated historically with Alexander the Great and numerous European royals. British fashion designer Dame Zandra Rhodes is the best-known bearer, noted for her colorful textile designs and influence on modern fashion.
20012001: no US SSA record for this spelling
2002: no US SSA record for this spelling
2003: no US SSA record for this spelling
2004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
20062006: 24 births, rank #5,545
2007: 24 births, rank #5,709
2008: 21 births, rank #6,350
2009: 21 births, rank #6,317
2010: 15 births, rank #7,880
20112011: 15 births, rank #7,783
2012: 16 births, rank #7,456
2013: 11 births, rank #9,612
2014: 16 births, rank #7,302
2015: 10 births, rank #10,148
20162016: 6 births, rank #14,331
2017: 8 births, rank #11,615
2018: 6 births, rank #13,793
2019: 12 births, rank #8,597
20202020: 12 births, rank #8,406
Zandra moved from #971 to #983 for girls between 1970 and 1971. Its highest annual birth count came in 1970, with 131 births.