Given name
Andreina
“manliness”·“virility”
Andreina 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
Andreina 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
Andreina 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
Andreina 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 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Andreina 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
Andreina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,283
- 6 boys · 1,277 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 162 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,505 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,505 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 156 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,738 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.
Andreina’s family of names
Andreina has a related form in Andrea. In Italian usage, Andreina has a conventional equivalent in the English form Andrea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Andreina
- Andreina PagnaniItalian actress and voice actress (1906-1981)
- Andreina Pintoswimmerborn 1991
- Andreina GómezVenezuelan filmmaker and ethnologistborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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