Sandar
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/sændɑɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sandar is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Myanmar (Burma) than in any other country, where it is the 54th most common given name.
- MMMyanmar (Burma)≈1 in 1.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 42K
- THThailand≈1 in 130K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Myanmar (Burma) (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 65 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈31,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Myanmar (Burma), est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sandar counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM Myanmar (Burma) | #54 | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | listed | Sandar | 53 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 187K | listed | — | — |
| TH Thailand | — | ≈530 est. | ≈1 in 130K | — | Sandar | 40 |
| CN China | — | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 2.9M | — | Sandar | 6 |
| US United States | — | 276 | 1 in 1.2M | 266 | Sandar | 65 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 151K | — | Sandar | 14 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Sandar | 18 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the mm-github-names register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the id-github-names register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sandar is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Indonesian, imperative of menyandar (“to lean”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Icelandic, indefinite nominative plural of sandur
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In zlm, reclining; resting on a support
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Swedish, present indicative of sanda
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In non, nominative plural of sandr
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In poz-wmp-pro, lean on or against
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alek Sandarb. 1987DEBulgarian singer, songwriter, music producer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 266 | #31,173 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1964 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1971 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1967 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1959 | 11 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 10 | #31,173 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1968 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1956 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1966 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1958 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1957 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1972 | 7 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Sandar?
- A machine transcription gives /sændɑɹ/ (IPA) for Burmese.
- Is Sandar a male or female name?
- Sandar is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Sandar have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 31 thousand people named Sandar in Myanmar (Burma), more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sandar.
- How common is the name Sandar?
- In the United States, the national register counted 276 people named Sandar in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
- How common is Sandar compared with other names?
- In Myanmar (Burma), Sandar is the 54th most common given name of 9,528 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Sandar?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sandarThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sandar” — the 54th most common given name in Myanmar (Burma). Data snapshot 2026-10-10.