What does Andrea mean?

Andrea means "male, manly, brave"

How do we pronounce Andrea?

Andrea \an-drea, and-r-ea\ is a female's name. It consists of 6 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Andrea used as a boy name definition, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced aeNDREYah or AENDRiyah in English, aaNDREHaa in German 1.

1 Pronunciation for Andrea: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)"

What is the origin of Andrea?

Andrea has its origins in the Old Greek language. It is used largely in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, German, Hungarian, Italian, Scandinavian, and Slavic. The name could have evolved as a feminine form of Andrew under the influence of the Greek Andreas, itself of the Greek element andreia ('male, manly, brave, virility'), or else it could be a direct coinage from the element. It was not used in the Middle Ages, and was later adopted on an irregular basis by English speakers in the 17th century. The form Andra as an English name is a recent 20th-century invention. In addition, Andrea is an English, Portuguese, and Spanish diminutive of the English and Greek name Alexandria meaning. Andrea is the feminine equivalent of the English, Greek, and Russian nicknames for Andrew. The name Andrea is used to a great extent; it has 89 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name comprise Anda name variations, Andelis name, nicknames for Andena, Andera name variations, name Andere origin, Anderea name popularity, Andis meaning, Andrae meaning and origin, Andrah pronounciation, baby name Andraia, Andralyn meaning and origin, name Andranetta meaning, Andras meaning of name, Andraya pronounciation, Andre definition, Andreah meaning, short names for Andreaka, name Andrean origin, nicknames for Andreana (used in Italian as well), nicknames for Andreane, what does the name Andreanna mean, baby name Andreea (used in Romanian as well), Andreena meaning, Andreja meaning, Andreka meaning, name Andrel meaning, Andrell meaning of name, name Andrelle, nicknames for Andren, Andrena definition, name Andrene, Andreo name, short names for Andressa, name Andretta, Andrette pronounciation, what does the name Andrewena mean, Andrewina name popularity, Andreya definition, Andri pronounciation, Andria meaning and origin (used in Spanish as well), Andriana name variations, meaning of Andrianne, baby name Andricka, name Andriea origin, short names for Andrieka, Andrienne name variations, name Andrietta, Andrina name variations (used in Italian as well), Andrine meaning of name (used in Scandinavian as well), nicknames for Andris, Andrya name, Anndrea pronounciation, baby name Anndria, what does the name Aundrea mean, Dre definition, Dreena meaning of name, Drena name variations, Drina name, Ohndrea name popularity, Ohndreea name, name Ohndria meaning, Ondrea name popularity (used in Czech and Slavic as well), Ondreea pronounciation, meaning of Ondria, baby name Onndrea, Onndria name popularity, Rena name popularity, and Rina name. Other English forms comprise the contracted forms Andee name variations, Andra name variations (used in German, and Latin as well), and Drea meaning, the diminutives Ande meaning, Andi definition, Andie meaning of name, name Andree, and name Andy, and the spelling variants name Aindrea origin (used in Irish as well) and name Aondrea. Forms used in foreign languages comprise the Spanish Adreanna name variations, the French baby name Andreé, the Portuguese nicknames for Andreia, the Italian Andreina pronounciation, the Spanish Andreína meaning of name, the Spanish Andresa name popularity, the French and Portuguese name Andréa meaning, the French meaning of Andrée, the Portuguese what does the name Andréia mean, the Greek Andrianna meaning of name, and the Slavic Andrijana definition. See also the related forms, the English Deandrea meaning and the English nicknames for Joandra. 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 2010, it ranked at #80 with a usage of 0.183%, was nevertheless the most popular within all girl names in its family. Andrea was twice as popular as the next ranked name, Alexandria meaning, in 2010. Andrea has mainly been a baby girl name in the last century. There were 68 times more baby girls than boys who were named Andrea in 1989.

The following famous people share the name Andrea:

  • Actress Drea De Matteo, born Andrea Donna de Matteo 19 January 1973, Queens, New York
  • Actress Andrea Thompson, born 1959, Dayton, Ohio
  • Author Andrea Dworkin, born 26 September 1946 - 9 April 2005, Camden, New Jersey
  • Author Andrea Newman, born 1938, Dover, England
  • Tennis Player Andrea Jaeger, born 4 June 1965, Chicago, Illinois.

List of baby names Andrea:

the name Andreah meaning of name, the name Andreja definition, the name what does the name Andreya mean, the Portuguese what does the name Andréia mean, the name Anndrea name variations, the name Anndria meaning, the English Aundrea name popularity, the name Amadore meaning, the English Andera name, the name Andraia meaning of name, the name Andraya pronounciation, the English and Romanian short names for Andreea, the Portuguese short names for Andreia, the name Andreo pronounciation, the English and Spanish short names for Andria, the name what does the name Andrya mean, the English Anetra pronounciation, the English, German, and Scandinavian Anitra name popularity, the name name Annitra, and the English Aondrea pronounciation.

The baby name Andrea fun facts:

The name Andrea in reverse order is "Aerdna".

The numerological value of the name Andrea is number 7, which means analysis, understanding, knowledge, awareness, studious, meditating.

How popular is Andrea?

Andrea is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.14%
20130.16%
20120.17%
20110.20%
20100.20%
20090.22%
20080.23%
20070.25%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames