Meaning and background
The story behind Sandra
Sandra is a familiar independent given name in modern English, but its documented history starts as a short form of Italian Alessandra. George Meredith used it for a literary heroine in the nineteenth century, helping establish its English-language life. Because it is a shortening of a longer name, giving Sandra a new standalone word translation would be misleading. Its familiar two-syllable sound is straightforward to call, even though the pronunciation varies between languages.
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About Sandra
Recorded as a dog’s name
Sandra appears in 5 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/sændɹə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/sændɹə/ · primary stress on syllable 1S AE1 N D R AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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