The Sandy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,826 people carried this name — #5,914 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 5,663 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Sandy surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Sandy’.

An early record he cites: Nicholas de Sandye, Huntingdonshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Sanday and Sandy.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 666 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 70 people named Sandy live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 26
Buenos Aires Province 21
Salta 13
Jujuy 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

37 people named Sandy is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 37

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Sandy in American newspapers,
1914–1917.

Newspaper page from The Times Dispatch carrying the name Sandy
The Times Dispatch 1914-02-08
Newspaper page from Richmond Times-dispatch carrying the name Sandy
Richmond Times-dispatch 1917-09-02
Newspaper page from Richmond Times-dispatch carrying the name Sandy
Richmond Times-dispatch 1917-12-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,689 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sandy in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2000s.

21,466 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sandy. The most, 3,220, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 3.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 6,293
Victoria 4,791
Tasmania 4,417
Queensland 2,935
South Australia 1,371
Western Australia 1,207
ACT (Canberra) 255
Northern Territory 35

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sandy.

Who carried it

People named Sandy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Isabelle Sandy
    Isabelle Sandy 1884–1975 · writer
  • William C. Sandy 1876– · psychiatrist
  • Percy Tsisete Sandy 1918–1974 · artist
  • Stephen Sandy 1934–2016 · poet

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sandy,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States451 records

451 records of the Sandy name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 174
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 67
  • Other U.S. records 210
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Chester L. Sandy

    Born 1907 in New York. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; correspondence clerk from Nassau County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1955, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ann Sandy

    Arrived at New York in 1863 aboard the W.f. Storm from Liverpool, aged 20; servant. From Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Thomas A. Sandy

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1934, died 1997; buried at Washburn Street Cemetery, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 451 records for Sandy in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia220 records

220 records of the Sandy name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 107
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 54
  • Other Australian records 59
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record James Sandy

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Moffatt, sailing from Plymouth in 1834. Native of Cornwall. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1844.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Sandy

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Barrackpore, aged 29; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Kelvin Allan Maxwell Sandy

    Gardener of Robinvale, Victoria; died 2001.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 220 records for Sandy in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada13 records

13 records of the Sandy name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • Other Canadian records 5
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Adam Sandy

    Killed in the Halifax Explosion of 1917, aged 45.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Alfred Francis Sandy

    Died 1916; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Adam Sandy

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 13 records for Sandy in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom7 records

7 records of the Sandy name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. H. Sandy

    Lance Corporal, Gordon Highlanders. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. Sandy

    East Surrey Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. Sandy

    Durham Light Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Sandy in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France4 records

4 records of the Sandy name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Keveen Sandy

    Born 1957 in Dominique; died 1997 in Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Venise Marie-Louise Florelle Sandy

    Born 1920 in Le Moule; died 1996 in Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Patrick Boniface Sandy

    Born 1963 in Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe); died 1990 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Sandy in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Sandy name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Arthur Sandy

    Married in 1946 in Nijmegen; butcher.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Sandy name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Sandy

    From Kirchwärder, Hamburg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 30 November 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 251).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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