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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 French and Basque Andrea is used as a female name, although the variants Andrée (in French) and Andere (for Basque) also exist.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.
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. 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. It is one of the Italian male names ending in , 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.
Notable people named Andrea
Females
Andrea Alföldi (born 1964), Hungarian race walkerAndrea Allan (born 1946), American actressAndrea Anders (born 1975), American actressAndrea Armstrong (born 1982), former American collegiate basketball playerAndrea Ávila (born 1970), Argentine long and triple jumperAndrea Baker, American actressAndrea Barber (born 1976), American actressAndrea Barthwell, American federal civil servant and Illinois political hopefulAndrea Berg (born 1981), German volleyball playerAndrea Borrell (born 1963), Cuban basketball playerAndrea Bowen (born 1990), American actressAndrea Brown (born 1974), American singerAndrea Corr (born 1974), Irish musicianAndrea Davis (born 1980), Beauty Pageant Titleholder, Mrs. Pacific IslandsAndrea Demirović (born 1985), Montenegrin singerAndrea Dewar (born 1979), Canadian water polo playerAndrea Dworkin (1946–2005), American radical feminist and writerAndreea Ehritt-Vanc (born 1973), Romanian tennis playerAndrea Farkas (born 1969), Hungarian handball goalkeeperAndrea Feldman (born 1948), American actressAndrea Fioroni (born 1969), Argentine field hockey playerAndrea Fischer (born 1960), German politicianAndrea Gibson spoken word artist and activistAndrea Ghez (born 1965), American astronomerAndrea Glass (born 1976), German tennis playerAndrea Hall (born 1947), American soap opera actressAndrea Hayes (born 1969), American backstroke swimmerAndréa Henriques (born 1980), Brazilian water polo playerAndrea Hlaváčková (born 1986), Czech tennis playerAndrea Immer Robinson (born 1964), Master Sommelier and Dean of Wine Studies at the French Culinary InstituteAndrea Jaeger (born 1965), American former tennis playerAndrea Jeremiah (born 1985, Indian Tamil playback singer, film actress and a model.Andrea Jung (born 1959), business executiveAndrea Koppel (born 1963), American news correspondentAndrea Lau (born 1947), German actressAndrea Leeds (1914–1984), American actressAndrea Lehotská (born 1981), Slovak television hostess, actress, and top model.Andrea Levy (born 1956), British authorAndrea Lewis (born 1985), Canadian actressAndrea Lowe (born 1975), British actressAndrea Martin (born 1947), actress and comedianAndrea Mason (born 1968), Australian politicianAndrea Mayr (born 1979), Austrian long-distance runnerAndrea McArdle (born 1963), American singer and actressAndrea Mitchell (born 1946), American news correspondentAndrea Moody (born 1978), Canadian swimmerAndrea Petkovic (born 1987), Glass's German compatriot and tennis player but she was born in Tuzla, Bosnia.Andreea Raducan (born 1983), Romanian gymnastAndrea Romano, American voice actressAndrea Temesvári (born 1966), Hungarian former tennis playerAndrea Thompson (born 1960), American actressAndrea Tóth (born 1980), Hungarian water polo playerAndrea True (born 1943), porn star and singerAndrea Yates (born 1964), American defendant in a notorious filicide caseAndrea Zollo, American singerAndrea Zonn (born 1969), American singer and musicianAndrea Zsadon, (born 1946) Hungarian sopranoAndrea, (born 1987), Bulgarian singer Males
Andrea Alciato (1492–1550), Italian juristAndrea Ammonio (c. 1478-1517), Italian poetAndrea Andreani (1540–1623), Italian engraver on woodAndrea Appiani (1754–1817), Italian painterAndrea Bacci (born 1972), Italian race car driverAndrea Baldini (born 1985), Italian fencerAndrea Bargnani (born 1985), Italian basketball playerAndrea Bianchi (born 1925), Italian film directorAndrea Boattini (born 1969), Italian astronomerAndrea Bocelli (born 1958), Italian singer, writer and music producerAndrea Bonomi (1923–2003), Italian former footballerAndrea Branzi (born 1938), Italian architect and designerAndrea Briosco (c. 1470–1532), Italian sculptor and architectAndrea Bruschi (born 1968), Italian actorAndrea Camilleri (born 1925), Italian writerAndrea Caracciolo (born 1981), Italian footballerAndrea Casiraghi (born 1984), eldest child of HRH Princess Caroline of MonacoAndrea Cesalpino (1519–1603), Italian physician, philosopher and botanistAndrea Collarini (born 1992), American tennis playerAndrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (born 1925), Archbishop of TuscaniaAndrea Costa (1851–1913), an Italian socialist activistAndrea Doria (1466–1560), Genoese condottiere and admiral.Andrea Esposito (born 1986), Italian soccer playerAndrea Figallo (born 1972), Italian composer and conductorAndrea da Firenze (?-1415), Italian composerAndrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435–1488), Florentine sculptorAndrea diSessa, educatorAndrea Gabrieli (c. 1532/33-1585), Italian composerAndrea Gaudenzi (born 1973), Arnaboldi's Italian compatriot and former tennis playerAndrea Ghiurghi (born 1966), Italian beach volleyball playerAndrea Guatelli (born 1984), Italian football playerAndrea Luchesi (1741–1801), Italian composerAndrea Magi (born 1966), Italian boxerAndrea Mannai (born 1963), Italian boxerAndrea Mantegna (c. 1431–1506), Florentine painterAndrea Orcagna (c. 1308–1368), Florentine painter, sculptor and architectAndrea Palladio (1508–1580), Italian architectAndrea Pazienza (1956–1988), Italian comics artistAndrea Pirlo (born 1979), Italian football playerAndrea Pisano (c. 1270–1348), Italian sculptor and architectAndrea Righi (born 1979), Italian freestyle swimmerAndrea Sansovino (c. 1467–1529), Italian sculptorAndrea Solari (c. 1460–1524), Renaissance painterAndrea Stoppini (born 1980), Gaudenzi's Italian compatriot and tennis playerAndrea Tafi (fl. 1300–1325), Italian artistAndrea Zanzotto (born 1921), Italian poet
