Sandys (surname)

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Sandys is a surname of Old English origin. It is an older spelling of Sands, and is now usually pronounced as such. [1]

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  1. Lower, Mark Antony (1860). Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom. J.R. Smith. p.  303 . Retrieved July 21, 2016.