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'''Andrea''' is a [[given name]] common in many parts of the world:
'''Andrea Aonzie Gabrielle Ward''' is a [[given name]] common in many parts of the world:


* In Serbian, Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, Portuguese, Scandinavian languages and Spanish, ''Andrea'' is used as a woman's name, as the feminine form of [[Andrew]], [[Andreas]], [[András]] or [[Andre]].
* In Serbian, Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, Portuguese, Scandinavian languages and Spanish, ''Andrea'' is used as a woman's name, as the feminine form of [[Andrew]], [[Andreas]], [[András]] or [[Andre]].

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Andrea
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameGreek
MeaningManly
For other uses, see Andrea (disambiguation).

Andrea Aonzie Gabrielle Ward is a given name common in many parts of the world:

  • In Serbian, Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, Portuguese, Scandinavian languages and Spanish, Andrea is used as a woman's name, as the feminine form of Andrew, Andreas, András or Andre.
  • In Italy and Albania, Andrea is a masculine name, the equivalent of Andrew.
  • In Croatia and Slovenia, Andrea is both a feminine and a masculine, name Andreja is a feminine name, while Andrija, Andre and Andrej are masculine forms.
  • In Romania Andreea is a feminine name and it is written with an extra "e" to avoid confusion with the Romanian word "andrea" meaning knitting needle.
  • Polish equivalent is Andrzej for males and Andrzeja for females (very rarely used for females).
  • Andréa, with an accent mark, is a Brazilian Portuguese form of Andrea. The Portuguese equivalent (feminine of André) would be Andreia.
  • In Basque language Andrea is a variant of Andere, both used as woman names, in fact it means "woman, lady".
  • "Andrea" in this particular lettering, can be pronounced in many ways.

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 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.

In various Latin-American countries the name Andrea is one of the most common and popular among girl names.[citation needed]

Notable people named Andrea

Females

Males

Ships

  • SS Andrea, an Italian cargo ship seized by the UK in June 1940.
  • SS Andrea Doria, an Italian ocean liner which capsized and sank after colliding with MS Stockholm on 25 July 1956 with the loss of 46 lives.

Notes

  1. ^ ISTAT 2006

References

  • ISTAT (2004). "Natalità e fecondità della popolazione residente: caratteristiche e tendenze recenti", Istituto nazionale di statistica.[1]
  • Classical Greek Online Base Form Dictionary [2]
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