Saundra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAWN-dra
- Origin
- Greek
Saundra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Saundra mean?
Greek: spelling of Sandra, from Alexandra
“defender of men”
The au spelling was probably influenced by the Scottish surname Saunders, from Alexander.
Is Saundra a girl's or a boy's name?
Saundra is a girls' name.
How popular is Saundra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1947, with 813 girls. It first appears in the records in 1925.
Half of all the girls named Saundra in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saundra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 44 | #2,728 |
| 1991 | 53 | #2,382 |
| 1990 | 61 | #2,123 |
| 1989 | 63 | #1,993 |
| 1988 | 88 | #1,520 |
| 1987 | 99 | #1,370 |
| 1986 | 113 | #1,219 |
| 1985 | 81 | #1,504 |
| 1984 | 49 | #2,049 |
| 1983 | 45 | #2,155 |
| 1982 | 82 | #1,461 |
| 1981 | 55 | #1,935 |
| 1980 | 73 | #1,583 |
| 1979 | 78 | #1,503 |
| 1978 | 93 | #1,299 |
| 1977 | 79 | #1,414 |
| 1976 | 105 | #1,131 |
| 1975 | 109 | #1,074 |
| 1974 | 130 | #950 |
| 1973 | 158 | #830 |
| 1972 | 147 | #870 |
| 1971 | 210 | #722 |
| 1970 | 256 | #644 |
| 1969 | 250 | #627 |
| 1968 | 277 | #577 |
| 1967 | 269 | #583 |
| 1966 | 300 | #543 |
| 1965 | 283 | #568 |
| 1964 | 326 | #548 |
| 1963 | 371 | #505 |
| 1962 | 340 | #530 |
| 1961 | 340 | #531 |
| 1960 | 326 | #533 |
| 1959 | 347 | #521 |
| 1958 | 325 | #538 |
| 1957 | 322 | #533 |
| 1956 | 345 | #505 |
| 1955 | 320 | #516 |
| 1954 | 346 | #479 |
| 1953 | 372 | #446 |
| 1952 | 453 | #385 |
| 1951 | 475 | #371 |
| 1950 | 508 | #348 |
| 1949 | 648 | #304 |
| 1948 | 711 | #288 |
| 1947 | 813 | #269 |
| 1946 | 744 | #264 |
| 1945 | 619 | #280 |
| 1944 | 702 | #260 |
| 1943 | 746 | #256 |
| 1942 | 805 | #238 |
| 1941 | 592 | #263 |
| 1940 | 485 | #285 |
| 1939 | 409 | #306 |
| 1938 | 341 | #349 |
| 1937 | 206 | #456 |
| 1936 | 170 | #494 |
| 1935 | 118 | #600 |
| 1934 | 68 | #815 |
| 1933 | 46 | #1,024 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
Nicknames for Saundra
- Sandy 22 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Saundra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sandra, Linda, Paula, Teresa, Angela, Penny, Sonia, Rita, Sonja, Darla, Melissa, Lisa
Names related to Saundra
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from 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, “Saundra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saundra, updated 20 October 2026.