Andrea is a given name common in many parts of the world: For articles beginning with Andrea, see this all articles lookup Andrea can be both a given name or, much less frequently, a surname. ... Look up Appendix:Most popular given names by country in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

• In North America, South America, Australia, and some parts of Europe, Andrea is used as a woman's name, as the feminine form of Andrew or Andreas or Andre.

• In Italy, Albania, Andrea is a masculine name, the equivalent of Andrew.
• In Croatia and Slovenia, Andre(j)a is a feminine name, while Andrija, Andre and Andrej masculine form.

• Andréa, with an accent mark, is a Brazilian Portuguese form of Andrea. The Portuguese equivalent (feminine of André) would be Andreia.

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Origin of the name

It derives from the Greek ανήρ (anēr), genitive ανδρός (andrós), that indicates the man with reference to its masculinity, as opposed to the woman (while man in the meaning of human genre is άνθρωπος, ánthropos, ανθρώπου, anthrópou). The genitive case is a grammatical case that indicates a relationship, primarily one of possession, between the noun in the genitive case and another noun. ...

The original Greek name, Andréas, represents the hypocoristic, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed with the andr- prefix, like Androgeos, Androcles, Andronikos. A hypocoristic (or hypocorism) is a lesser form of the given name used in more intimate situations, as a term of endearment, a pet name. ... Look up comfort in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In Virgils The Aeneid, Androgeos was a Greek soldier, who during the sack of Troy in the middle of the night mistook Aeneas and his group of Trojan defenders for a Greek raiding party, paying for this mistake with his life. ... Androcles (or Androclus, the Latin version of the name), is a character, not definitively fictional, in tales that describe him as a slave in the Roman Empire in the early 1st century AD, about the time of Tiberius but possibly in the reign of Caligula. ... The name Andronicus or Andronikos (Greek: Ανδρόνικος) refers to several people: Livius Andronicus (284? – 204 BC) — introduced drama to the Romans and produced the first formal play in Latin in c. ...

Some baby name books claim that the female name translates to womanly, but that is merely an attempt to avoid having to say that a female name was derived from a word that meant "manly" instead of giving a full explanation of how Andrea was created as the feminine form of Andrew.

It's also credited as meaning "Courageous" and since this meaning is not dependent upon gender, considering the name is popular with both, it seems to be becoming a more popularly accepted meaning. Where as Andrew means both "Manly" and "Courageous", Andrea can be simply translated as "Courageous."

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Andrea in popular culture

In Italy, Andrea is used exclusively as a masculine name (the feminine version, very rare, being Andreina). In the year 2004, it was the third most popular name with 3.2% of the newly borns [1]. It is one of the few male names ending in a, with others being Luca (Lucas), Mattia (Matthias), Nicola (Nicholas). It is traditionally popular because, according to the Christian Bible, Saint Andrew was one of the earliest disciples of Jesus and one of the twelve Apostles. Luca or LUCA may refer to: Places Luca, Viqueque, a town in the Subdistrict Viqueque, East Timor San Luca, a town in the Province of Reggio Calabria, Italy People Antonino Saverio De Luca (1805–1883), Italian Cardinal Bonifacio De Luca (1727–1798), Italian poet Ciro de Luca (*1970), Austrian comedian... Lucas may refer to: // Geography Several places in the United States of America: Lucas, Kansas Lucas County, Ohio Places in Canada: Lucas, British Columbia Lucas, Nova Scotia Lucas, Ontario Film Lucas, a 1986 film. ... Matthias can refer to: Saint Matthias Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor Matthias Corvinus This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... ... Look up Nicholas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library. ... Saint Andrew (Greek: Ανδρέας, Andreas), called in the Orthodox tradition Protocletos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the younger brother of Saint Peter. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Alternate meaning: See Apostle (Mormonism) The Christian Apostles were Jewish men chosen from among the disciples, who were sent forth (as indicated by the Greek word απόστολος apostolos= messenger), by Jesus to preach the Gospel to both Jews and Gentiles, across the...

Pronunciations of Andrea

• ANN-dree-uh
• Ann-DREE-uh
• And-REE-ughh
• Ann-DRAY-uh
• Ahn-DREE-uh
• Ahn-DRAY-uh (Italian pronunciation)
• Ehn-DREE-uh
• Ehn-DRAY-uh

Nicknames for Andrea

• Andie/Andi/Andy/Ande
• Ann
• Drea
• Andre
• Andry
• Dea
• Dree
• Rea
• Dre
• Dre Dre
• Annie
• Anne
• Andra
• Drae
• Ang
• Angy
• Andika
• Anja
• Anj
• Anna

Notable people named Andrea

Females

• Andrea Allan (born 1946), American actress
• Andrea Anders (born 1975), American actress
• Andrea Armstrong (born 1982), former American collegiate basketball player
• Andrea Barber (born 1976), American actress
• Andrea Barthwell, American federal civil servant and Illinois political hopeful
• Andrea Bowen (born 1990), American actress
• Andrea Brown, American singer
• Andrea Corr (born 1974), Irish musician
• Andrea Dewar (born 1979), Canadian water polo player
• Andrea Dworkin (1946–2005), American radical feminist and writer
• Andrea Evans (born 1957), American actress
• Andrea Feldman (born 1948), American actress
• Andrea Fischer (born 1960), German politician
• Andrea Ghez, American astronomer
• Andrea Hall (born 1947), American soap opera actress
• Andrea Jaeger (born1965), professional tennis player
• Andrea Jumapao (born 1958), model and actress
• Andrea Jung (born 1959), business executive
• Andrea Koppel, news correspondent
• Andrea Lau (born 1947), German actress
• Andrea Leeds (1914–1984), American actress
• Andrea Levy (born 1956), British author
• Andrea Lewis (born 1985), Canadian actress
• Andrea Lowe, British actress
• Andrea Martin (born 1947), actress and comedian
• Andrea Mason (born 1968), Australian politician
• Andrea McArdle (born 1963), American singer and actress
• Andrea Mitchell (born 1946), American news correspondent
• Andrea Thompson (born 1960), American actress
• Andrea True (born 1943), porn star and singer
• Andrea Yates (born 1964), American defendant in a notorious filicide case
• Andrea Zonn, American singer and musician
• Andrea Zsadon, (born 1946) Hungarian soprano

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Males

• Andrea Alciato (1492–1550), Italian jurist
• Andrea Ammonio (d. 1517), Italian poet
• Andrea Andreani (1540–1623), Italian engraver on wood
• Andrea Appiani (1754–1817), Italian painter
• Andrea Bacci (born 1972), Italian race car driver
• Andrea Bargnani (born 1985), Italian basketball player
• Andrea Boattini, Italian astronomer
• Andrea Bocelli (born 1958), singer, writer and music producer
• Andrea Bonomi, Italian footballer
• Andrea Briosco (c. 1470–1532), Italian sculptor and architect
• Andrea Bruschi (born 1968), Italian actor
• Andrea Camilleri (born 1925), Italian writer
• Andrea Caracciolo (born 1981), Italian footballer
• Andrea Casiraghi (born 1984), eldest child of HRH Princess Caroline of Monaco
• Andrea Cesalpino (1519–1603), Italian physician, philosopher and botanist
• Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (born 1925), Archbishop of Tuscania
• Andrea Costa (1851–1913), an Italian socialist activist
• Andrea Sansovino (c. 1467–1529), Italian sculptor
• Andrea diSessa, educator
• Andrea Doria (1466–1560), Genoese condottiere and admiral
• Andrea Gabrieli (c. 151 –1586), Italian composer
• Andrea Guatelli (born 1984), Italian football player
• Andrea Luchesi (1741–1801), Italian composer
• Andrea Mannai (born 1963), Italian boxer
• Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431–1506), Florentine painter
• Andrea Orcagna (c. 1308–1368), Florentine painter, sculptor and architect
• Andrea Palladio (1508–1580), Italian architect
• Andrea Pazienza (1956–1988), Italian comics artist
• Andrea Pirlo (born 1979), Italian football player
• Andrea Pisano (c. 1270–1348), Italian sculptor and architect
• Andrea Solari (c. 1460–1524), Renaissance painter
• Andrea Tafi (fl. 1300–1325), Italian artist
• Andrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435-1488), Florentine sculptor
• Andrea Zanzotto (born 1921), Italian poet

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