Given name & surname
Andria
“manliness”·“virility”
Andria 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
Andria 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
Andria 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
Andria 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 1933. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Andria 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
Andria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,993
- 60 boys · 8,933 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 313 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #8,913 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,913 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 48.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 313 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,429 as a first name in 2020; 142 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.
Andria’s family of names
Andria has a related form in Andrea. Andria has a conventional equivalent in the German form Andreas. Andria has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Andrés.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Andria has relatives in 4 languages.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Andria
- Andria BalanchivadzeGeorgian composer (1906–1992)
- Andria PutkaradzeGeorgian singer (b. 2013)
- Andria LloydJamaican sprinterborn 1971
- Andria DadianiGeorgian chess player (1850–1910)
- Antri ChristoforouCypriot cyclistborn 1992
- Andria ApakidzeGeorgian archaeologist and historian (1914–2005)
- Andrea RazmadzeGeorgian mathematician (1889–1929)
- Andria Zafirakouteacher from England; winner of the 2018 Global Teacher Prizeborn 1978
- Andria BartishviliGeorgian association football playerborn 2009
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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