Meaning of the nameSandro

Sandro is a male name of Italian origin, a short form of Alessandro, the Italian version of Alexandre, from the Greek Alexandros, 'defender of men'.

Meaning

“short form of Alessandro, 'defender of men'”

Source: Behind the Name: Alexander

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People (2022): 113,102
Rank in Brazil: #285
Median age: 43 years
2010 Census: 125,411; people

Sandro in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Sandro, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (48,887 people).

490 women 112,612 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Sandro is most common

States with the highest share of people named Sandro in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio Grande do Sul 0.102%
Santa Catarina 0.100%
Pernambuco 0.072%
Amapá 0.071%
Paraná 0.071%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	23,205	0.052%
Rio Grande do Sul	11,115	0.102%
Rio de Janeiro	10,908	0.068%
Bahia	8,425	0.060%
Minas Gerais	8,413	0.041%
Paraná	8,130	0.071%
Santa Catarina	7,610	0.100%
Pernambuco	6,536	0.072%
Pará	4,910	0.061%
Goiás	2,922	0.041%
Espírito Santo	2,299	0.060%
Amazonas	2,162	0.055%
Maranhão	2,109	0.031%
Mato Grosso	1,969	0.054%
Alagoas	1,713	0.055%
Paraíba	1,619	0.041%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,422	0.052%
Ceará	1,368	0.016%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,136	0.034%
Distrito Federal	1,108	0.039%
Sergipe	868	0.039%
Rondônia	794	0.050%
Piauí	695	0.021%
Amapá	523	0.071%
Tocantins	483	0.032%
Acre	391	0.047%
Roraima	269	0.042%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Sandro

Wiktionary, in the Italian entry, records Sandro as a reduction of Alessandro, and Behind the Name describes it as a short form of Alessandro, in Italian, or of Aleksandre, in Georgian. In the entry for Alexander, Behind the Name explains the Greek Alexandros as 'defender of men', from alexo, 'to defend, to help', and aner, 'man'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil presents Sandro as the masculine of Sandra and, in the entry for Sandra, cites Machado (1981): from the Italian Sandra, taken from Sandro, a hypocorism of Alessandro. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 113,102 people named Sandro, with a median age of 43; proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Behind the Name: Sandro · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Alexander · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Sandro · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Sandro · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Sandra · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Sandro

What does the name Sandro mean?

Sandro means “short form of Alessandro, 'defender of men'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Sandro in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 113,102 people with the first name Sandro, which ranks it number 285 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Sandro a boy's or a girl's name?

Sandro is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 490 women and 112,612 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Sandro?

Sandro is a name of Italian and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Sandro most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.102% of the state's population is named Sandro (11,115 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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