Andy (given name)
| Gender | Male or Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "manly" |
| Region of origin | Greek |
Andy is predominantly a diminutive version of the male given name Andrew, based on the Scottish "ie" diminutive ending. It is derived from the Greek name Andreas, meaning "man". It is also occasionally used as a dimunutive for the female given name Andrea, the Portuguese and Spanish feminine version of the name Andrew.
It is also occasionally spelt as "Andie", and is the 217th most popular name in the USA, with less than 0.001% of the people with this name being female.
In sports:
- Andy Bathgate (born 1932), Canadian ice hockey centerman
- Andy Boychuk (born 1941), Canadian long-distance runner
- Andy Caddick, English cricketer
- Andy Cole, English football (soccer) player
- Andy Johnson, English football (soccer) player
- Andy Johnson (Welsh footballer), Welsh football (soccer) player
- Andy McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
- Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
- Andy Nicholls, British football hooligan and author
- Andy Pettitte, baseball player
- Andy Phillip, basketball player
- Andy Phillips, baseball player
- Andy Priaulx, racing driver
- Andy Robustelli, American football player
- Andy Roddick (born 1982), American professional tennis player
- Andy Sheets, baseball player
In entertainment:
- Amos 'n' Andy (1920s-1950s), a radio-serial situation comedy popular in the United States
- Andy Bell, English singer with Erasure
- Andy Dick, American actor and comedian
- Andy Garcia, American actor
- Andy Gibb, English singer
- Andy Griffith, American actor
- Andy Hurley, drummer of American band Fall Out Boy
- Andy Kaufman, American comedian
- Andy Lau, Chinese singer and actor
- Andy Madadian, Persian/Armenian singer
- Andy Milonakis, American comedian
- Andy Pipkin, character played by Matt Lucas in comedy show Little Britain
- Andy Richter, American comic
- Andy Rooney, American television personality
- Andy Serkis, English actor
- Andy Summers, English musician with the Police
- Andy Taylor, English musician with Duran Duran
- Andy Warhol, American artist
- Horace "Andy" Hinds (born 1951), Jamaican roots reggae singer
In fiction:
- Andy, a fictional character from Date Movie
- Andy Fox, from the comic strip FoxTrot
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