Shandi

I'm guessing "Shandi", for which I've found sources that say it means "God is gracious".

Genealogue Challenge #107 2007

"Shandi - " Keisha called her wandering attention back with a touch of exasperation.

Owlsight Lackey, Mercedes 1998

I opted not to join in on the chanting, because the only words I could understand were “Om” and “Shandi.”

Yoga for deaf people. « 2009

It was sung by Shandi Sinnamon, who sang in several 1980s classic movies, such as The Karate Kid, Bloodsport, and Gotcha!

Five Best Television Show Themes of the 1980s | myFiveBest 2010

I liked this challenge better in Cycle 2 (my kingdom for another Shandi!), and on Make Me a Super Model, but here we go again.

'America's Next Top Model' recap: Devoting full-time to floating | EW.com 2009

Keisha approached her slowly; Karles was a white shape in the darkness and Shandi a dark, upright slash against him.

Elephant in the City 2010

Keisha went back into the log house while Shandi, Karles, and Darian went over to the butchering area where Hywel was working to turn the deer into strips of jerked meat.

Elephant in the City 2010

"I want to visit the Sanctuary, " Anda abruptly declared, just as Keisha set her plate and cup down and joined the little group around the table he shared with Shandi and Darian.

Elephant in the City 2010

Keisha, however, had extended a careful tendril of Empathy toward her sister, and there was more going on beneath that hard surface than Shandi was allowing to show.

Elephant in the City 2010

There was some very interesting interplay going on between Shandi and Steelmind, a Tayledras herb-and plantmaster; what it meant, he didn't know, but it was certain that Shandi had made a deep impression on the other.

Elephant in the City 2010