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Andrea - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Andrea

[ 3 syll. an-drea, and-r-ea ] The boy name Andrea is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is AENDRiyah or AANDREYah KEY. Andrea is used predominantly in the Italian language and its origin is Old Greek. Andrea is a variant of the name Andrew (English, Greek, and Russian).

Andrea is an uncommon baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1976, 0.011% of baby boys were given the name Andrea. It ranked at #599 then. The baby name has since steeply declined in popularity, and is currently of infrequent use. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly linked to Andrea, Andrew (English, Greek, and Russian) was the most popular. In the past century Andrea has mostly been a girl name. In 1989, the name Andrea was given to 68 times as many girls than boys.

Baby names that sound like Andrea include Andria (Corsican), Amyntor (Greek), Antero (Finnish), Amintore (Italian), Ander (Basque), Andor (Hungarian), Andra (Scottish), 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), and Andrzej (Polish).

A famous person named Andrea is Andrea Casiraghi, Royalty, born 8 June 1984.

KEY: English 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)"


 
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