Sandy 154251 224735984 2008-07-10T05:06:54Z 69.234.225.9 '''Sandy''' may refer to: ==Places== ;United Kingdom *[[Sandy, Bedfordshire]], England *[[Sandy, Carmarthenshire]], Wales ;United States *[[Sandy, Oregon]] *[[Sandy, Pennsylvania]] *[[Sandy Run]], a stream in Pennsylvania *[[Sandy, Utah]] *[[Big Sandy, Tennessee]] *[[Sandy Spring, Maryland]] *[[Sandy Hook]] (several places) ==People== {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Sandy | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = unisex | meaning = prego | region = | origin = | related names = | footnotes = }} '''Sandy''' is a popular [[unisex]] name; the male version is the Scottish diminutive for "[[Alexander]]" or "Alasdair", while the female version is a diminutive for "Sandra" or less commonly "Alexandra." In the 18th and 19th centuries, "Sandy" or "[[Sawney]]" was used as a pejorative term for [[Scottish]] people, but was gradually replaced by [[Jock]]. Notable people named Sandy include: '''Women:''' * [[Sandy Chambers]], Italian singer * [[Sandy Denny]], British singer and songwriter * [[Sandy Duncan]], American singer and actress * [[Sandy Green]], British singer and songwriter * [[Sandy Mölling]], German singer * Sandy, the pseudonym of the porn model [[Zsanett Égerházi]] * Sandy, the singer from the duo [[Sandy & Junior]] * Sandy Chun AKA sandystructible '''Men:''' * [[Sawney Bean|Sandy/Sawney Bean]], legendary Scottish Cannibal * [[Sandy Brown (musician)]], Scottish Jazz Clarinettist * [[Sandy Dvore]], American artist * [[Sandy Koufax]], American baseball pitcher * [[Sandy Wollaston]], British explorer * [[Sandy Woodward]], nickname of British Admiral John Woodward Fictional characters named Sandy include: * [[Sandy Hawkins]], a [[DC Comics superhero]] * [[Sandy Cheeks]], a character from ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' * [[Sandy Cohen]], a character in the TV series [[The OC]] played by Peter Gallagher * [[Sandy Olsson]], a character from ''[[Grease]]'' * Sandybell, the main character of the ''[[Hello! Sandybell]]'' anime series * [[Sha Wujing]] (Sandy) in the book and TV series ''[[Monkey]]'' ==Other== * [[Sandy (song)]], a song by [[the Carpenters]]. It is featured on their seventh album from 1976 "A Kind Of Hush" * SANDY, the character from TV series 'Monkey Magic' played by [[Shiro Kishibe]] * [[4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)]], a song by Bruce Springsteen * [[Sandy (band)]], an Iranian rap group playing bandari music that became famous in the late 90s * [[Sandy Records]], a short-lived rock and roll record label in Mobile, Alabama in the late 1950s and early 1960s * [[Sandy (Sandy Denny album)|''Sandy'' (Sandy Denny album)]], by British singer-songwriter Sandy Denny <!-- *'''Operation Sandy''' - launch of two [[V-2 rocket]]s beginning September 6, 1947, from the [[USS Midway (CV-41)|USS Midway]] aircraft carrier (preceded by Operation Pushover to identify the risk of a fallen missile)<ref name=Kennedy>{{cite book |last=Kennedy|first= Gregory P.|title=Vengeance Weapon 2: The V-2 Guided Missile|year=1983 |publisher= Smithsonian Institution Press|location= Washington DC||pages=p62}}</ref> --> *'''Sandy''', the name given by the USAF to aircraft escorting CSAR helicopters, with [[A-1 Skyraider]]s most commonly being given this nickname * [[Sandy (mouse)]] or SDY, a [[dysbindin]] knockout mouse {{disambig}} [[Category:Given names]] [[de:Sandy]] [[es:Sandy]] [[fr:Sandy]] [[nl:Sandy]] [[ja:サンディ]] [[pl:Sandy]] [[sv:Sandy]] [[vo:Sandy]]