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Sandy is the name of several places, including:
- Sandy, Bedfordshire, England
- Sandy, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- Sandy, Oregon, United States of America
- Sandy, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Sandy, Utah, United States of America
- (There are also Big Sandy, Tennessee, Sandy Spring, Maryland and places named Sandy Hook.)
Sandy is a popular unisex name- the male version is short for "Sanford," or less commonly, "Alexander," while the female version is short for "Sandra," or less commonly, "Alexandra." In the 18th and 19th centuries, "Sandy" or "Sawney" was used as a racial stereotype of Scottish people. Notable people named Sandy include:
- Sandy Mölling, German singer
- Sandy Chambers, Italian singer
- Sandy Denny, British singer and songwriter
- Sandy Dvore, American artist
- Sandy Duncan, American singer and actress
- Sandy Koufax, American baseball pitcher
- the pseudonym of the porn model Zsanett Égerházi.
- the nickname of British Admiral John Woodward.
- Sandy Cheeks is also a character from SpongeBob SquarePants.
- Sandy in the book and TV series Monkey
Things named Sandy include:
- 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy), a song by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
- Sandy is also the name of 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, AL USA in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
- Sandy is an album by British singer-songwriter Sandy Denny.
