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[ 3 syll. an-drea, and-r-ea ] The girl name Andrea is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced AENDRiyah or AANDREYah †. Andrea has its origins in the Old Greek language. It is used largely in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian, and Slavic. The name could have evolved as a feminine form of Andrew under the influence of the Greek Andreas, itself of the Greek element andreia ('male, manly, brave, virility'), or else it could be a direct coinage from the element. It was not used in the Middle Ages, and was later adopted on an irregular basis by English speakers in the 17th century. The form Andra as an English name is a recent 20th-century invention. In addition, Andrea is an English, Portuguese, and Spanish pet form of the English and Greek Alexandria. Andrea is the feminine equivalent of the English, Greek, and Russian Andrew. The name Andrea is used to a great extent; it has 69 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Andee, Andera, Andra (used in German as well), Andre, Andrean, Andreana (used in Italian as well), Andreea (used in Romanian as well), Andreena, Andrene, Andrette, Andrewina, Andri, Andria (used in Spanish as well), Andriana, Andrienne, Andrietta, Andrina (used in Italian as well), Andrine (used in Scandinavian as well), Aundrea, Dreena, Drena, Drina (used in Italian and Spanish as well), Ondrea, Rena (used in Greek, Italian, Hausa, and German as well), and Rina (used in Dutch, Hebrew, Russian, Estonian, and German as well). Other English forms include the short form Drea, the pet forms Ande, Andi, Andie, Andree, and Andy, and the spelling variants Aindrea (used in Irish as well) and Aondrea. Forms used in foreign languages include the Spanish Adreanna, the name Andelis, the name Andere, the name Anderea, the name Andis, the name Andrae, the name Andrah, the name Andraya, the name Andreane, the name Andreanna, the French Andreé, the Portuguese Andreia, the Italian Andreina, the name Andreja, the name Andrel, the name Andrell, the name Andreo, the name Andresa, the name Andressa, the name Andretta, the name Andrewena, the name Andreya, the French and Portuguese Andréa, the French Andrée, the Greek Andrianna, the name Andricka, the Slavic Andrijana, the name Andris, the name Dre, the name Ohndrea, the name Ohndreea, the name Ohndria, the name Ondreea, the name Ondria, the name Onndrea, and the name Onndria. See also the related forms, the English Deandrea and the English Joandra. Andrea is popular as a baby girl name. The name increased in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1980s. At the height of its usage in 1981, 0.653% of baby girls were named Andrea. It had a ranking of #24 then. The baby name has slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #71 with a usage of 0.205%, but it was nevertheless the most popular within all girl names in its family. Andrea was twice as popular as the next ranked name, Alexandria, in 2008. Andrea has mainly been a girl name in the last century. There were 68 times more girls than boys who were named Andrea in 1989. Baby names that sound like Andrea include the Portuguese Andreia, the French and Portuguese Andréa, the English and Spanish Andria, the English Aundrea, the English Andera, the name Andraya, the name Andreja, the name Andreo, the name Andreya, the name Anetra, the English, German, and Scandinavian Anitra, the name Annitra, the English Aondrea, the English Ondrea, the name Ondria, the name Onndrea, the name Onndria, the name Andere, the name Anderea, and the English and German Andra. Details of famous persons named Andrea:
† Pronunciation for Andrea: 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)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
