Given name & surname · also English, Latin
Andrea
“manliness”
Andrea’s story changes with the language: it is a masculine form of Andrew in Italian and a feminine name in English. The English use dates to the seventeenth century, but its exact formation is less certain than the familiar family resemblance suggests.
Original GreekΑνδρέας
Meaning & origin
What it means
The Italian masculine form Andrea belongs to Andrew’s Greek-rooted family, whose older element andr- means “man” or “warrior.” The English feminine name is usually linked with Andreas, but its precise formation is disputed; another proposal connects it with Greek andreia, “manliness.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
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.
How it developed
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.
The 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.
Andrea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 451,448
- 6,029 boys · 445,419 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 11,840 babies
- 2025
- 1,333
- #235 for girls · #5,622 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 1% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,317 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 235 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 24.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11,686 in 1981. It also appeared in 16 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (283). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 429,407 as a first name in 2020; 1,403 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.
Andrea’s family of names
In Italian usage, Andrea has a diminutive in Andre. In English usage, Andrea is a feminine form of Andrew. In Italian usage, Andrea has a conventional equivalent in the German form Andreas.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Andrea has relatives in 27 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Andrea comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 45
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Andrediminutive · Italian
- Andydiminutive · English, Czech
- Andidiminutive · Hungarian, Czech
- Andiediminutive · French, English
- Andreevariant
- Andeevariant
- Andravariant · Estonian
- Andriavariant
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- Andreinavariant · Italian
- Andrayavariant
- Andrianavariant
- Andreyavariant
- Aundreavariant
- Andrisvariant
- Andreiavariant · Portuguese
- Anndriavariant
- Anndreavariant
- Andryavariant
- Andrenvariant
- Andrinavariant
- Andriannevariant
- Andriennevariant
- Andrenavariant
- Andrasvariant · Hungarian
- Andreannavariant
- Andralynvariant
- Andavariant · Latvian
- Aindreavariant
- Andraiavariant
- Anderavariant
- Andreanavariant
- Andriannavariant
- Anddrealikely variant
- Andengdiminutive · Tagalog
- Andringdiminutive · ceb
- Andreolipet form · Italian
- Ájadiminutive · Czech
- Andrejkadiminutive · Czech, Slovak
- Andranettavariant
- Anderevariant
- Andenavariant
- Andrettevariant
- Andrejavariant · Upper Sorbian
- Dozzadiminutive · Italian
- Andulkadiminutive · Czech
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 55
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ΑνδρέαςGreek
- Ἀνδρέαςroot · Ancient Greek
- ΑνδρείαGreek
- Andrewcognate · English
- Andresequivalent
- Anderequivalent
- Anderscognate · Norwegian Bokmål
- Andreasmasculine form · German, English
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- AndreyRussian
- Andrejmasculine form · Czech, Slovene
- Drearelated form
- Andriyequivalent
- Andriequivalent
- AndrzejPolish
- AndrusEstonian
- Andorequivalent
- Androwequivalent
- Andriusequivalent
- Andrejsequivalent
- Ondrearelated form
- Ondrejequivalent
- Andreuequivalent
- AndreeaRomanian
- Ανδριανήequivalent
- Anttiequivalent
- Androulaequivalent
- Ανδριάναequivalent
- Άντρεαequivalent
- Andrianiequivalent
- Андрійequivalent
- Andrêyeequivalent
- АндрейRussian
- ʻAnakaliaborrowing · Hawaiian
- AndréPortuguese, French
- Andrzejaalso known as · Polish
- AndréeFrench
- Andréscognate · Spanish
- Annrìacognate · Sicilian
- Andingborrowing · hnn
- NdrekëAlbanian
- NdreAlbanian
- NdrecëAlbanian
- OndřejCzech
- Αντριάνναequivalent
- Andréasequivalent
- Andrásequivalent
- Άνδρεαequivalent
- Andréiaequivalent
- Ανδρούλλαequivalent
- Άντριαequivalent
- АндреяRussian
- AndrevBreton
- Ondřejkaalso known as · Czech
- OndrzejaPolish
- AndreínaItalian
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Andrea
- Andrea BocelliItalian tenor and singer-songwriter (born 1958)
- Andrea PirloItalian association football player and managerborn 1979
- Andrea PalladioItalian architect (1508–1580)
- Andrea M. GhezAmerican astronomerborn 1965
- Andrea MantegnaItalian Renaissance painter (1431-1506)
- Andrea del Verrocchio15th century Italian sculptor, goldsmith and painter (c.1435-1488)
- Andrea BarzagliItalian association football playerborn 1981
- Andrea del SartoItalian painter (1486-1530)
- Andrea DworkinAmerican feminist writer (1946–2005)
Characters named Andrea: Andrea (The Walking Dead character), Andrea Zuckerman (the 1990 - 2000 show Beverly Hills, 90210).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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