Zandra
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Zandra has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 14 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 10 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 945 |
| 2000 | 975 |
| 2001 | 990 |
| 2002 | 1,021 |
| 2003 | 1,044 |
| 2004 | 1,054 |
| 2005 | 1,080 |
| 2006 | 1,095 |
| 2007 | 1,107 |
| 2008 | 1,116 |
| 2009 | 1,123 |
| 2010 | 1,130 |
| 2011 | 1,145 |
| 2012 | 1,151 |
| 2013 | 1,161 |
| 2014 | 1,166 |
| 2015 | 1,173 |
| 2016 | 1,174 |
| 2017 | 1,180 |
| 2018 | 1,179 |
| 2019 | 1,178 |
| 2020 | 1,176 |
Zandra in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Zandra.Hi! My name is Zandra.
- Zandra bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Zandra lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Zandra har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Zandra has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Zandras mamma är lärare.Zandra's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Zandras mamma is Zandra's mum.
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How popular is Zandra in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Zandra in 2022. In 2020, 1,176 people in Sweden had Zandra as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.