Andy - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 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 and Latin.

Andy is an English pet form of the name Andrew (English, Greek, and Russian).

Andy is also a pet form of the name Anthony (English).

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 2007, its usage was 0.083% and its ranking #213. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Andy, Anthony (English) was the most regularly used. In 2007, it was used 11 times more than Andy.

Baby names that sound like Andy include Andi (German), Andie (English), Achmed (Arabic and German), Ahmaad (Arabic), Ahmad (Arabic and German), Ahmaud (Arabic), Ahmed (Arabic and Turkish), Ahmet (Turkish), Amund (Scandinavian), Ante (Slavic), Anto (Slavic), Antti (Finnish), Umut (Turkish), Amado (Spanish), Amando (Italian), Amato (Italian), Amédée (French), Amadeo (Italian and Spanish), and Amedeo (Italian).

^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)"

Details of famous persons named Andy:
Actor Andy Dick, born 21 December 1965, Charleston, South Carolina.
Actor Andy Garcia, born Andr�s Arturo Garcia-Menendez, 12 April 1956, Havana, Cuba.
Actor Andy Griffith, born 1 June 1926, Mount Airy, North Carolina.
Artist Andy Warhol, born Andrew Warhola, 6 August 1928 - 22 February 1987, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Comedian Andy Kaufman, born 17 January 1949 - 16 May 1984, New York, New York.
Comedian Andy Samberg, born 18 August 1978, Berkeley, California.
Tennis Player Andy Roddick, born Andrew Stephen Roddick, 30 August 1982, Omaha, Nebraska.
TV Personality Andy Milonakis, born 30 January 1976, Katonah, New York.

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