Sandi is a unisex
given name and occasionally a
nickname
A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...
. It can be a short form of
Sandra
Sandra or SANDRA may refer to:
People
* Sandra (given name)
* Sandra (singer) (born 1962), German pop singer
* Margaretha Sandra (1629–1674), Dutch soldier
* Sandra (orangutan), who won the legal right to be defined as a "non-human person"
Pl ...
,
Alexander
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
and other names. It may refer to:
People
Women
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Sandi Bogle
Sandy Channer, better known as Sandi Bogle, is an English television personality who is notable for appearing on shows including ''Celebrity Big Brother'', ''Celebrity Fit Farm'', ''Famous and Fighting Crime'' and ''Gogglebox''.
Life and career
Bo ...
, 21st century English television personality born Sandy Channer
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Sandi Bowen
Sandi Bowen (born 12 February 1976 in Melbourne) was an Australian female volleyball player. She was part of the Australia women's national volleyball team.
She competed with the national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australi ...
(born 1976), Australian volleyball player
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Sandi Freeman
Sandi Freeman-Geller is an American journalist and cable television pioneer. She hosted ''Freeman Reports'' on CNN for five years. Previously, she won an Emmy for her work at WLS-TV. At the height of her career at CNN, she was often referred ...
, American journalist
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Sandi Goldsberry
Sandi Goldsberry (born September 13, 1955) is an American athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Muni ...
(born 1955), American high jumper
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Sandi Griffiths
Sandi Griffiths (born Sandi Jensen on August 1, 1946) is an American singer. She is best known as a performer on American television's ''The Lawrence Welk Show''.
Early years
A native of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California; she st ...
(born 1946), American singer best known as a performer on ''The Lawrence Welk Show''
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Sandi A. Hohn
Sandi A. Hohn (born 鈴木 あや, ''Suzuki Aya'', renamed in the U.S. as Sandra O'Neale, born December 27, 1952), professionally known as Sandii, is a Japanese singer and vocalist who was a member of the Japanese band Sandii & the Sunsetz. Hohn ...
(born 1952), Japanese singer
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Sandra "Sandi" Jackson (born 1963), American politician, daughter-in-law of Jesse Jackson
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Sandi Morris
Sandi Morris (born July 8, 1992) is an American pole vault record holder. She won the silver medal in the pole vault event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She also won silver at the pole vault event at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics a ...
(born 1992), American pole vaulter
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Sandra "Sandi" Patty (born 1956), American Christian music singer
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Sandi Peterson
Sandi Peterson (born 1959) is an American businesswoman. She is currently an Operating Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and serves on the Microsoft Board of Directors. She was group worldwide chairman at Johnson & Johnson from 2012-2018 and p ...
(born 1959), American businesswoman
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Barbara Robison
Barbara "Sandi" Robison (born Barbara Jeane Moyer, October 14, 1945 – April 22, 1988), also known as Sandi Peanut Butter, was an American singer who achieved the most success as the lead vocalist for the psychedelic rock band the Peanut Butt ...
(1945–1988), American rock singer
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Sandra "Sandi" Sissel (born 1949), American cinematographer and director
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Sandi Sweitzer
Sandi Sue Sweitzer (born September 16, 1946) is an American former figure skater who competed in pairs with Roy Wagelein. They won the silver medal at the 1968 U.S. Championships and competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
Personal life
Sweitz ...
(born 1946), American former pairs figure skater
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Alexandria "Sandi" Thom (born 1981), Scottish singer, songwriter and musician
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Sandra "Sandi" Toksvig (born 1958), Danish-born English comedian, author and presenter on radio and television
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Sandi Vito
Sandi Vito was the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, a cabinet-level department in the Government of Pennsylvania. She was named Acting Secretary of Labor and Industry in February 2008, replacing Stephen Schmerin. She ...
, 21st century American politician
Men
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Sandi Čebular
Sandi Čebular (born 24 June 1986) is a Slovenian professional basketball player who last played for CB Breogán of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. He is tall.
Professional career
He played for KK Šentjur (Slo), Union Olimpija (Slo), CB ...
(born 1986), Slovenian basketball player
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Sandi Čeh
Sandi Čeh (born 6 April 1983) is a Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary ...
(born 1983), Slovenian footballer
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Aleksandar "Sandi" Cenov (born 1968), Croatian pop singer
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Alexander "Sandi" Čolnik (1937–2017), Slovene journalist, television presenter and writer
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Sandi Simcha DuBowski
Sandi Simcha DuBowski is an American director and producer, best known for his work on the intersection of LGBT people and their religion, DuBowski directed the 2001 documentary ''Trembling Before G-d'' and is the producer of Parvez Sharma's d ...
(born 1970), American film director and producer
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Sandi Klavžar
Sandi Klavžar (born 5 February 1962) is a Slovenian mathematician working in the area of graph theory and its applications. He is a professor of mathematics at the University of Ljubljana.
Education
Klavžar received his Ph.D. from the University ...
(born 1962), Slovenian mathematician
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Sandi Križman
Sandi Križman (; born 17 August 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Club career
Born in Pula, he started his career in his hometown club NK Žminj, where he scored seven goals in 22 matches, aged 17. In the s ...
(born 1989), Croatian footballer
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Aleksander "Sandi" Lah, Slovenian football player in the 1930s
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Sandi Lovrić
Sandi Lovrić (born 28 March 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Udinese and the Slovenia national team. After playing for Austria at all youth levels, he decided to represent Slovenia at senior level.
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(born 1998), Slovenian footballer
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Sandi Ogrinec
Sandi Ogrinec (born 5 June 1998) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club WSG Tirol.
Club career
Ogrinec made his professional debut in Slovenian PrvaLiga for Maribor on 21 May 2016 in a game ...
(born 1998), Slovenian footballer
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Sandi Papež
Sandi Papež (born 25 February 1965) is a Yugoslav former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seo ...
(born 1965), Yugoslav cyclist
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Sandi Sejdinovski
Sandi Sejdinovski is a UEFA "A" licensed Slovenian football coach with extensive coaching experience in seven different countries (Slovenia, Brunei Darussalam, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Bulgaria, Egypt, Kuwait).
Coaching career
Alongside fellow Slove ...
, Slovenian football coach
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Sandi Darma Sute
Sandi Darman Sute (born 21 September 1992) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga 1 club Bali United.
Club career Bali United
In 2015, Sandi signed with Bali United, he joined the club because o ...
(born 1992), Indonesian footballer
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Alexander "Sandy" Thom (1894–1985), Scottish engineer
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Sandi Valentinčič
Sandi Valentinčič (born 25 August 1967) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Valentinčič played for Olimpija in the Yugoslav Second League and VfB Oldenburg in the German 2. Bundesliga
The 2. Bun ...
(born 1967), Slovenian football player
Fictional characters
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Sandi Brandenberg
Sandi Brandenberg is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is usually depicted as a supporting character and has been associated with both Deadpool and Agent X.
Fictional character biography
Sand ...
, Marvel Comics character
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Sandi Griffin
'' Daria'' is an animated sitcom that aired on MTV from 1997 to 2002.
Main
* Daria Morgendorffer (first appearance: Season 1, Episode 1, "Esteemsters"). An unfashionably dressed, bespectacled, highly intellectual, entirely pessimistic about life ...
, character in ''Daria''
See also
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Sandy (given name)
Sandy is a popular unisex given name. The male version can be a diminutive of Alexander, Sander, Alasdair, Sandipan, Sandeep, Sanford, Santiago, etc., while the female version can be a diminutive for Sandra (itself a diminutive of Alexand ...
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English-language unisex given names
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