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Andra - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Andra

[ syll. an-dra, and-ra ] The boy name Andra is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is AENDRah KEY. Andra is a Scottish name of Old Greek origin. Andra is a variant of the name Andrew (English, Greek, and Russian).

Andra is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked in 1966 with 0.005% of baby boys being given the name Andra. It ranked at #743 then. The baby name has since declined in popularity, and is currently of very modest use. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Andra, Andrew (English, Greek, and Russian) was the most widely used in 2008. Although there were times from 1944 to 1972 that Andra was more popular with girls, today it is somewhat used more commonly as a boy name.

Baby names that sound like Andra include Anndra (Scottish), Ander (Basque), Andor (Hungarian), Andre (English and Portuguese), Andrei (Romanian, Russian, Slavic, and Ukrainian), Andrej (Czech, Russian, and Slavic), Andreu (Catalan), Andrew (English, Greek, and Russian), Andrey (Russian and Slavic), André (French and Portuguese), Andri (Russian and Scandinavian), Andriy (Ukrainian), Andro (Slavic), Andru (English), Andry (Slavic), Andrzej (Polish), Ondrej (Czech and Slavic), Ondro (Czech), Amyntor (Greek), and Andrea (Italian).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Andra: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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