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Tandy name meaning

Last Name
2k
in the U.S.
in 2010
Girls
Boys

Meaning and Origin

What does the name Tandy mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Tandy

User Submitted Origins

English
41%
African
35%
Native American
18%
Jewish
6%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A submission from Kenya says the name Tandy means "love" and is of African origin.
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  1. United States actress (born in England) who made many stage appearances, often with her husband Hume Cronyn (1909-1994)

Notable Persons Named Tandy

Notable Persons Named Tandy

Tandy Warnow

Tandy Warnow is a in the fields of computer science and biology.

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Tandy Trower

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Tandy

Notable Persons With the Last Name Tandy

Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy was an actress. She was most active from 1926 to present. Jessica was given the name Jessica Alice Tandy on June 7th, 1909 in Metropolitan Borough of Hackney. She breathed her last breath on September 11th, 1994.

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Meagan Tandy

Meagan was given the name Meagan Yvonne Tandy on May 3rd, 1985 in Fremont, California.

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Richard Tandy

Richard Tandy is a symphonic rock, progressive rock, art rock, and pop rock musician. He plays Piano, Moog synthesizer, Synthesizer, Electric piano, Clavinet, Pump organ, Harpsichord, Mellotron, Keyboard instrument, Guitar, Bass guitar, Organ (music), Wurlitzer electric piano, Minimoog, and Yamaha CS-80. Richard was born Richard Tandy on March 26th, 1948.

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Nick Tandy

Nick Tandy is an athlete for the KC Motorgroup and Porsche in motorsport. Nick was born on November 5th, 1984 in Bedford, England.

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Ryan Tandy

Ryan was born on September 20th, 1981 in New South Wales. He left this life on April 28th, 2014.

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Sharon Tandy

Sharon Tandy was a blue-eyed soul and freakbeat musician. She was most active from 1965 to 2015. Sharon was given the name Sharon Finkelstein on September 18th, 1943 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She died on March 21st, 2015.

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  • Karen Pomerantz Tandy
  • Charles David Tandy
    Businessperson
  • Megan Tandy
  • Mark Raymond Tandy
  • David W. Tandy
    Member of Louisville Metro Council
  • Ernest Napper Tandy

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Tandy U.S.
  White 73.05% 64.26%
  African American 17.89% 11.96%
  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 2.36% 4.85%
  American Indian and Alaska Native 1.09% 0.69%
  Two or More Ethnicities 2.81% 1.76%
  Hispanic or Latino 2.81% 16.26%

Of Last Name Tandy

People with the last name Tandy are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Tandy

  • How Popular is the name Tandy? Tandy is the 7,263rd most popular name of all time. As a last name Tandy was the 13,707th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Tandy have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,879 babies born with the first name Tandy in the United States. That's more than enough people named Tandy to occupy the territory of Christmas Island (Australia) with an estimated population of 1,462 (as of June 30, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Tandy? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1883 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
  • When was Tandy first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Tandy is Wednesday, August 16th, 1865.
  • What year had the most people named Tandy born? The highest recorded use of the first name Tandy was in 1978 with a total of 58 babies.
  • Random Tandy Factoid: According to the 1978 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Tandy is not a popular baby girl's name in Utah. Imagine that, only 5 babies in Utah have the same name in 1978.
  • Weird things about the name Tandy: The name spelled backwards is Ydnat. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Atdny. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Tandy? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 2,208 people with the last name Tandy.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Tandy? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Tandy as their last name since less than 1 person in 133k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
  • Tandy name meaning

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