Andy - Meaning of Andy

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Andy

[ 2 syll. an-dy, and-y ] The baby girl name Andy is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced as AENDiy- †. Andy's language of origin is Old Greek and it is predominantly used in English. Andy is a diminutive of Andrea.

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Andy is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2018, among the family of girl names directly related to Andy, Andrea was the most popular. In the last century Andy has mainly been a boy name.

Baby names that sound like Andy include Andee (English), Andi (English), Andie (English), Amit (English, Hebrew, and Indian), Anate, Anda (Spanish), Anitte (German), Annet (Dutch), Annete, Anneth, Annette (French and English), Annite, Annot (Gaelic), Antea (Italian), Antje (Dutch, Frisian, and German), Indu (Indian), Omid (Iranian), Onit, Umut (Turkish), and Amada (Spanish).

† Pronunciation for Andy: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"