Given name
Andraya
“manliness”·“virility”
Andraya is a variant 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
Andraya is a variant 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
Andraya is a variant 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
Andraya is a variant 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.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Andraya is a variant 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
Andraya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,073
- 0 boys · 1,073 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,173 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −53%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,173 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 53.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 49 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 875 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Andraya’s family of names
Andraya has a related form in Andrea.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.