Name meaning & stats
Sandi
Sandi means “defender of the people” (Ancient Greek origin). 10,047 US babies since 1940, peak 1959.
What it means
“defender of the people”
Ancient GreekPet form of Sandra
In US birth records
Peak year: 1959
10,047 US babies were named Sandi between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Sandi (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 9 Sandys spell it Sandi
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1959)