Sandro is the Italian short form of Alessandro, the Italian Alexander, and shares its meaning "defender of men". The Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli made the short form famous, and it is also a full name in Georgia and in Portuguese-speaking countries. In the United States Sandro ranked number 2516 in 2000, peaked at number 2004 in 2001 and, after a dip, recovered to number 2596 in 2025 with 51 boys.