Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide, cognate to Andreas and Andrew.

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.[citation needed]

Contents

 1Origin of the name

 2Usage
 3Notable people
o 3.1Women
o 3.2Men
 4References
 5Sources

Origin of the name[edit]

It derives from the Greek ἀνήρ (anēr), genitive ἀνδρός (andrós), that indicates the man as
opposed to the woman (while man in the meaning of human being is
ἄνθρωπος, ánthropos, ἀνθρώπου, anthrópou). The original male Greek name, Andréas,
represents the hypocoristic, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed
with the andr-prefix, like Androgeos (man of the earth), Androcles (man of
glory), Andronikos (man of victory). The same root ἀνδρ-, andr- denoting the male gender
is found e.g. in misandry (the hatred of the male sex), andrology (male
physiology), androgens (male hormones) and polyandry (the practice of taking more than
one husband at the same time).
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). In recent and
past times it has been used as a female name also in Italy, not very often, and Spain,
where it is considered the legitimate feminine form of Andrés/Andreo/Andreu (Andrew).
Outside of Italy, mostly in Anglo-Saxon cultures, the name is generally considered a female
name.

Usage[edit]
 In Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovenian, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian,
Scandinavian languages and Spanish, Andrea is a feminine name. Masculine forms
are Andrej, Ondřej, Andrzej, Anže, Andrew, Andreas, András, Andreo, Andrés, Anders,
Andries or Andre.
 In Albanian Andrea is a masculine name; its native form is Endri.
 In Romansh Andrea is also a masculine name.
 In Italian, Andrea is a primarily[2] masculine name.
 In Bulgarian Andrea is used as the feminine form of "Andrei".
 In Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia, Andrea is a feminine name; Andreja can be used as
female 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". However,
the feminine variation Andrea is also used. Andrea
as etymon means needle in Romanian. Andrei is the masculine form.
 Andréa is a Brazilian Portuguese form of Andrea also used in Portugal along
with Andreia.
 In Dutch, Andrea is used as a female name, although the variant Andrée is found in
French.
 In Spanish, Andrea and a variation spelled Andressa are used as female variants
for Andreo and Andrés.
o In Basque, Andrea and Andere exist as female names. Two etymons merge in the
former: the most widespread form with a Greek root, 'man', and the Basque-
Aquitanianancient form "andere(a)", present-day "andere(a)" and "andre(a)",
'madam', 'lady' (used mainly as title, e.g. "Andramari", 'Lady/Virgin Mary'), as
opposed to "jaun", 'lord'. In popular usage it can ultimately mean 'adult woman'.
o In Catalan, Andrea is used as the feminine form of "Andreu".

Notable people[edit]
Women[edit]
 Andrea Alföldi (born 1964), Hungarian race walker
 Andrea Allan (born 1946), American actress
 Andrea Anders (born 1975), American actress
 Andrea Armstrong (born 1982), former American collegiate basketball player
 Andrea Ávila (born 1970), Argentine long and triple jumper
 Andrea Baker, American actress
 Andrea Barber (born 1976), American actress
 Andrea Barthwell (born 1953), American federal civil servant and Illinois political
hopeful
 Andrea Berg (born 1981), German volleyball player
 Andrea Borrell (born 1963), Cuban basketball player
 Andrea Bowen (born 1990), American actress
 Andrea Brown (born 1974), American singer
 Andrea Canning (born 1972), Canadian-American broadcast journalist
 Andrea Češková (born 1971), Czech MEP
 Andrea Corr (born 1974), Irish musician
 Andrea Demetriades (born 1983), Australian actress
 Andrea Demirović (born 1985), Montenegrin singer
 Andrea Dewar (born 1979), Canadian water polo player
 Andrea Dworkin (1946–2005), American radical feminist and writer
 Andrea Echeverri (born 1965), Colombian singer and guitarist, lead singer of the rock
band Aterciopelados
 Andreea Ehritt-Vanc (born 1973), Romanian tennis player
 Andrea Farkas (born 1969), Hungarian handball goalkeeper
 Andrea Feldman (1948-1972), American actress
 Andrea Fioroni (born 1969), Argentine field hockey player
 Andrea Fischer (born 1960), German politician
 Andrea Ghez (born 1965), American astronomer
 Andrea Glass (born 1976), German tennis player
 Andrea Gibson (born 1975), spoken word artist and activist
 Andrea Hall (born 1947), American soap opera actress
 Andrea Hayes (born 1969), American backstroke swimmer
 Andréa Henriques (born 1980), Brazilian water polo player
 Andrea Hlaváčková (born 1986), Czech tennis player
 Andrea van den Hurk (born 1979), Dutch tennis player
 Andrea Immer Robinson (born 1964), Master Sommelier and Dean of Wine Studies at
the French Culinary Institute
 Andrea Jaeger (born 1965), American former tennis player
 Andrea Jeremiah (born 1985), Indian Tamil playback singer, film actress and a model.
 A. J. Cook (born 1978), Canadian actress
 Andrea Jung (born 1959), business executive
 Andrea King (1919–2003), American actress
 Andrea Komšić (born 1996), Croatian alpine skier
 Andrea Koppel (born 1963), American news correspondent
 Andrea Lau (born 1947), German actress
 Andrea Leeds (1914–1984), American actress
 Andrea Lehotská (born 1981), Slovak television hostess, actress, and top model.
 Andrea Lekić (born 1987), Serbian handball player
 Andrea Levy (1956-2019), British author
 Andrea Lewis (born 1985), Canadian actress
 Andrea Libman (Born 1984), Canadian Voice Actress
 Andrea Lowe (born 1975), British actress
 Andrea Martin (born 1947), actress and comedian
 Andrea Mason (born 1968), Australian politician
 Andrea Mayr (born 1979), Austrian long-distance runner
 Andrea McArdle (born 1963), American singer and actress
 Andrea Mitchell (born 1946), American news correspondent
 Andrea Moody (born 1978), Canadian swimmer
 Andrea Murez (born 1992), Israeli-American Olympic swimmer for Israel
 Andrea Olsen (born 1961), American politician
 Andrea Petkovic (born 1987), Glass's German compatriot and tennis player but she
was born in Tuzla, Bosnia.
 Andreea Raducan (born 1983), Romanian gymnast
 Andrea Russett (born 1996), American actress
 Andrea Růžičková (born 1984), Slovak actress and model
 Andrea Romano (born 1955), American voice actress
 Andrea Suárez (born 1979), Thai singer
 Andrea Temesvári (born 1966), Hungarian former tennis player
 Andrea Thompson (born 1960), American actress
 Andrea Tóth (born 1980), Hungarian water polo player
 Andrea True (born 1943), Porn actress and singer
 Andrea Yates (born 1964), American defendant in a notorious filicide case
 Andrea Zollo (born 1975), American singer
 Andrea Zonn (born 1969), American singer and musician
 Andrea Zsadon, (born 1946) Hungarian soprano
 Andrea, (born 1987), Bulgarian singer
Men[edit]
 Andrea Aguyar (died 1849), Uruguayan slave turned soldier and revolutionary