Sandro
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAHN-droh
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,572 for boys
Sandro is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 2,572nd for boys in the US (51 babies).
What does Sandro mean?
Greek: Italian short form of Alessandro (Alexander)
“defender of men”
Sandro Botticelli, the Florentine painter of The Birth of Venus, was born Alessandro Filipepi.
Is Sandro a girl's or a boy's name?
Sandro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 51 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sandro in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Sandro, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 11 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Sandro than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Sandro in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Sandro in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Sandro in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,572among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 92% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were named Sandro, making it the 2,572nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the boys named Sandro in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sandro in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #2,572 |
| 2024 | 53 | #2,527 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,345 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,866 |
| 2006 | 41 | #2,783 |
| 2005 | 32 | #3,168 |
| 2004 | 45 | #2,448 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 44 | #2,333 |
| 2001 | 54 | #1,978 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,471 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,504 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,965 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,633 |
| 1978 | 45 | #1,371 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,252 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,163 |
| 1975 | 58 | #1,099 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,151 |
| 1973 | 39 | #1,329 |
| 1972 | 37 | #1,391 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,441 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,545 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,860 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
Names like Sandro
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sandro: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sandro, updated 20 October 2026.