Given name & surname
Ondra
“manliness”·“virility”
Ondra connects to the Andrea name family through Ondrea. 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
Ondra connects to the Andrea name family through Ondrea. 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
Ondra connects to the Andrea name family through Ondrea. 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
In Czech usage, Ondra is a diminutive of Ondřej. Ondra connects to the Andrea name family through Ondrea. 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Ondra connects to the Andrea name family through Ondrea. 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
Ondra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 120
- 92 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 240 as a first name in 2020; 131 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.
Ondra’s family of names
In Czech usage, Ondra is a diminutive of Ondřej. Ondra has a related form in Ondrea. In Czech usage, Ondra has a related form in Vondra.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ondra has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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