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It's beautiful and not too dated. I've never met a Lysandra.

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A Lysandra might be called Sandy by some people, but most of the time, people ask other people if they go by a nickname, so it's not inevitable that everyone around her will call her Sandy or Sandra.

I like it, but I dislike Sandy and I like Lysty even less!! Lyssa would be an OK nick name... but that seems dated too....
IDK. I like Lysandra but I think she'd have to be a middle name for me because of her inevitable nick names...

I really like it. It isn't a name I would use, but I would love to see it used by others.

Lovely! I love both Lysander and Lysandra. It's one of those underutilized classics that rev my engines.

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Sandra doesn't bother me and I think nn Sandy is cute. So I may not be the best person to ask. Sunny is a traditional nn for Alexandra so I can see it working for Lysandra too.

I loooooooove Lysandra. I think it's elegant and rare and not dated at ALL. Sandy's a possible nickname, but I think Lysa (LYE-sah) is also possible, along with Sandra, Andi, etc.

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I'd use it on my own daughter.

I like it, but I would never use it. Too much of a mouthful.

So slidingly, silver-blue-golden-edged gorgeous. Not dated sounding at all because of the Sandra. If anything that makes it more approachable. I don't know any Lysandras but I wish I did! Sandy would be a cute nickname and I'd be ever so pleased to find out a Sandy was a Lysandra!

I've never met a Lysandra. It's a pretty name, and I like it (Lysander, too). I don't think it's dated at all.

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If you call her Lysandra and introduce her as Lysandra, the overwhelming majority of people you meet will also call her Lysandra. If a few people do shorten it to Sandy without permission, most of them will go back to Lysandra when corrected.

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I really think that if both you and your child are consistent in correcting people, there is no such thing as an unavoidable nickname. Consistency is the key, though, so if your daughter just doesn't care or decides she actually likes and wants to be called Sandy, there wouldn't be anything you could do about that.

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To be honest, I love Sandy as a nn for both girls and boys, and I think it's full of a kind of retro charm. Your daughter could easily feel the same and enjoy the way it stands out against all the Bellas, Lexis, and Maddys/Addies but, at the same time, is a little more mainstream than Lysandra. If you dislike it enough that it's not worth the risk, then I'd avoid Lysandra.

Ooh, I love Lysandra! I definitely don't think it's too dated, and the nickname Sandy is avoidable if one insists on being called Lysandra and nothing else.

I had a really good friend Lyssandra growing up who always went by Lyssa (like Alyssa without the "A"). I always reallylovedher name. She pronounced it lis-SAHN-dra though, which completely takes out the Sandra connection. Even if you did pronounce it like Sandra though it is still a beautiful name. I have come to really love the nickname Sandy on a little girl as I currently and teaching one in one of my classes. At first I did find her name dated but now it just seems refreshing next to all the Soph...,Av...,Ev...,...son and ...bellas around.

Lysandra has a Greek/ Roman mythology feel, opposed to plain old Sandra. I don't think it's too dated. I'd call someone named Alessandra Sandy, so I don't see anything wrong with the nn. Someone named Lysandra might want a nn that doesn't stand out as much in certain situations.