Andrea

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Andrea
Pronunciation /ˈændriə/ AN-dree-ə
/ˈɑːndriə/ AHN-dree-ə
/ɑːnˈdreɪ.ə/ ahn-DRAY-ə
Gender Unisex
Language(s) Greek aner, "man"
Origin
Meaning manly and beautiful and dared
Other names
See also Andre, Andy, Andrew, Andie
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Andrea is a given name common in many parts of the world:

  • In Czech, Serbian, Macedonian, Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian languages and Spanish, Andrea is used as a woman's name, as the feminine form of Andrew, Andreas, András, Andrés or Andre.
  • In Italy and Albania, Andrea is quite exclusively a (extremely used) masculine name, the equivalent of Andrew.
  • In Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia, Andrea is a feminine name; Andreja is another form of feminine name, while Andrija, Andro and Andrej are masculine forms. The only exception is Istria, where Andrea is a male name.
  • In Romania Andreea is a feminine name and it is written with an extra "e". Andrei is the masculine form.
  • Andréa is a Brazilian Portuguese form of Andrea also used in Portugal along with Andréia.
  • In Basque language Andrea is a variant of Andere, both used as female names. In fact, it means "woman, lady".
  • In Bulgarian Andrea is used as the feminine form of "Andrei".
  • In Catalan Andrea is used as the feminine form of "Andreu".
  • "Andrea" in this particular lettering, can be pronounced in many ways.

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[edit] Origin of the name

It derives from the Greek ανήρ (anēr), genitive ανδρός (andrós), that indicates the man as opposed to the woman (while man in the meaning of human being is άνθρωπος, ánthropos, ανθρώπου, anthrópou); ανήρ might be related with the Indo-European root ner which means man, vital force.[citation needed] The original Greek name, Andréas, represents the hypocoristic, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed with the andr- prefix, like Androgeos, Androcles, Andronikos.

In the year 2006, it was the third most popular name in Italy with 3.1% of newborns.[1] It is one of the Italian male names ending in a, with others being Elia (Elias), Enea (Aeneas), Luca (Lucas), Mattia (Matthias), Nicola (Nicholas), Tobia (Tobias).

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.

[edit] Notable people named Andrea

[edit] Females


[edit] Males

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Istituto Nazionale di Statistica 2004.

[edit] References

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