Given name & surname
Andree
“manliness”·“virility”
Andree 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
Andree 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
Andree 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
Andree 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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Andree 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
Andree through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,034
- 1,090 boys · 1,944 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 65 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #4,407 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +1%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 93% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,407 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 30 in 2012. In 2025, Arizona and California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,222 as a first name in 2020; 1,287 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.
Andree’s family of names
In Ingrian usage, Andree has a conventional equivalent in the English form Andrew. Andree has a related form in Andrea. In Ingrian usage, Andree was borrowed from the Russian form Андрей.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Andree
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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