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 [ 2 syll. an-dy, and-y ] The boy name Andy is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is AENDiy KEY. Andy is largely used in the English language, and its origin is Old Greek, Latin, and Old English. Andy is a variant of the name Shandy (English). Andy is also a pet form of the name Anthony (English). Andy is also an English pet form of the name Andrew (English, Greek, and Russian). Andy is popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1930s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2005 with 0.090% of baby boys being given the name Andy. It ranked at #201 then. In 2008, its usage was 0.084% and its ranking #211. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Andy, Anthony (English) was the most regularly used. In 2008, it was used 10 times more than Andy. Andy has mostly been a boy name in the past century. Baby names that sound like Andy include Andi (English, German, Hungarian, and Spanish), Andie (English), Achmed (Arabic and German), Achmet (German), Ahmaad (Arabic), Ahmad (Arabic and German), Ahmaud (Arabic), Ahmed (Arabic and Turkish), Ahmet (Turkish), Almond (English), Amédé (French), Amid (Arabic), Amit (Indian), Amjad (Arabic and Urdu), Amjed (Arabic), Amund (Scandinavian), Anand (Indian), Anant (Indian), Ananth (Indian), and Ante (Slavic). Details of famous persons named Andy: KEY: Pronunciation for Andy: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
