Sandi

Sandi is a Croatian and Slovene masculine given name functioning as a short form of Aleksander, the South Slavic adaptation of the Greek name Alexandros, which is composed of the elements alexein, meaning to defend, and aner, meaning man. The name gained widespread use across Europe largely through the fame of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king of the 4th century BC. Sandi is used as an independent given name in the western South Slavic region, particularly in Slovenia. Related forms include Aleksander, Aleksandar, and the pan-European Alexander.