Given name & surname
Andi
“manliness”·“virility”
Andi is a diminutive of Andrea. For the English feminine name, one alternative theory points to Greek andreia, “manliness” or “virility.” This is a proposed route of formation, not a settled translation covering every use of Andrea.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Andi is a diminutive of Andrea. For the English feminine name, one alternative theory points to Greek andreia, “manliness” or “virility.” This is a proposed route of formation, not a settled translation covering every use of Andrea.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Andi is a diminutive of Andrea. Italian Andrea is the equivalent of Andrew. English feminine Andrea is usually connected with Andreas, though an independent English creation from a Greek word has also been proposed.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German usage, Andi is a diminutive of Andreas. Andi is a diminutive of Andrea. The shared background comes through Andrea: The Italian and English traditions should be read separately. The English name may be a feminine adaptation of Andreas; another explanation treats it as a learned coinage from andreia. The evidence does not establish one route with certainty.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Andi is a diminutive of Andrea. The history of Andrea gives this family its wider story. The English feminine name is documented from the seventeenth century rather than the Middle Ages. That later appearance is part of the reason its origin has been debated separately from Italian masculine Andrea.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Andi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,145
- 879 boys · 7,266 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 469 babies
- 2025
- 469
- #632 for girls · #7,708 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 5% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 459 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 632 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 17.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 10 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (43). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,531 as a first name in 2020; 174 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Andi’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Andi is a diminutive of Andrea. In English usage, Andi has a related form in Andy. Andi has a related form in Andrea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Andi has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Andi
- Andi HerzogAustrian association football player and managerborn 1968
- Andi LilaAlbanian association football playerborn 1986
- Andi GutmansIsraeli businessmanborn 1972
- Andi DerisGerman singerborn 1964
- Andi ZeqiriSwiss association football playerborn 1999
- Andi SullivanAmerican soccer playerborn 1995
- Andi Grünenfeldercross-country skierborn 1960
- Andi Langenhanlugerborn 1984
- Andi VasluianuRomanian actorborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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