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The name Andrea is used to a great extent; it has 35 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of Andrea include Aindrea, Andera, Andra (used in German as well), Andre, Andrean, Andreena, Andrene, Andrette, Andrewina, Andria, Andriana, Andrienne, Andrietta, Andrina (used in Italian as well), Andrine (used in Scandinavian as well), Aondrea, Aundrea, Dreena, Drena, and Ondrea. Other English variants include the short form Drea, and the pet forms Ande, Andi, Andie, Andree, and Andy. Forms of the name used in foreign languages include the Spanish Adreanna, the Italian Andreana, the Romanian Andreea, the Portuguese Andreia, the Italian Andreina, the French and Portuguese Andréa, the French Andrée, the Greek Andrianna, and the Slavic Andrijana. 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 2007, it ranked at #59 with a usage of 0.227%, but it was nevertheless the most regularly used within all girl names in its family. 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 Andria, the English Aundrea, the English Andera, the English Aondrea, the English Ondrea, the English and German Andra, the English Andre, the English Andree, the Romanian Andreea, and the French Andrée. KEY: 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)" Details of famous persons named Andrea:
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