Andrea is a

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which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew.

Origin of the name

The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''),

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ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that refers to man as opposed to woman (whereas ''man'' in the sense of ''human being'' is ἄνθρωπος, ''ánthropos''). 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''),

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(''man of victory''). 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 ''a'', with others being Elia ( Elias), Enea ( Aeneas), Luca (

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), Nicola (

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), Tobia ( Tobias). In recent and past times it has also been used on occasion as a female name in Italy and in Spain, where it is considered the legitimate feminine form of Andrés/Andreo/Andreu (Andrew). Outside of Italy, the name is generally considered a female name.

Usage

* In Czech, Slovak language, Slovak, Polish Language, Polish, Slovenian language, Slovenian, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, French language, French, German language, German, Hungarian language, Hungarian, Scandinavian languages and Spanish language, Spanish, ''Andrea'' is a feminine name. Masculine forms are Andrej, Ondřej, Andrzej, Anže, Andrew, Andreas, András, Andreo, Andres (name), Andrés, Anders, Andries or André, Andre. * In Albanian language, Albanian ''Andrea'' is a masculine name; its native form is Ndrea. * In Romansh language, Romansh ''Andrea'' is also a masculine name. * In Italian language, Italian, ''Andrea'' is a primarilyDizionario della lingua italiana – Volume VII, p. 529
/ref> masculine name. * In Bulgarian language, Bulgarian Andrea (Андреа) 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 ''knitting needle'' in Romanian language, Romanian. Andrei (given name), Andrei is the masculine form. * ''Andréia'' is the most common Portuguese spelling of this name, although ''Andréa'' is also used in Brazilian Portuguese. The masculine form is André. * 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''. * In Basque language, 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 Aquitanian language, Basque-Aquitanian ancient 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'. * In Catalan language, Catalan, Andrea is used as the feminine form of "Andreu".

Notable people

Women

* Andrea Alföldi (born 1964), Hungarian race walker * Andrea Allan (born 1946), American actress * Andrea Anders (born 1975), American actress * Andrea Arlington, American model, television personality, and life coach * Andrea Armstrong (born 1982), former American collegiate basketball player * Andrea Ávila (born 1970), Argentine long and triple jumper * Andrea Baker, American actress * Andrea Bang, Canadian actress * Andrea Barber (born 1976), American actress * Andrea Barthwell (born 1953), American federal civil servant and Illinois political hopeful * Andrea Berg (born 1966), German singer * Andrea Berg (volleyball), Andrea Berg (born 1981), German volleyball player * Andrea Berger (born 1970), American tennis player * Andrea Borrell (born 1963), Cuban basketball player * Andrea Bowen (born 1990), American actress * Andrea Brown (R&B singer) (born 1974), American singer * Andrea Brillantes (born 2003), Filipina actress * Andrea Canning (born 1972), Canadian-American broadcast journalist * Andrea Češková (born 1971), Czech MEP * Andrea Corr (born 1974), Irish musician * Andrea del Boca, (born 1965) Argentine actress * Andrea Demetriades (born 1983), Australian actress * Andrea Demirović (born 1985), Montenegrin singer * Andrea Dewar (born 1979), Canadian water polo player * Andrea Donaldson, Canada theatre director * 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 Gyarmati (born 1954), Hungarian swimmer * 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 Robinson (sommelier), 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 Jürgens (1967–2017), German singer * Andrea Kevichüsa (born 2001), Indian model and actress * Andrea King (1919–2003), American actress * Andrea Kobetić (born 1985), Croatian handball player * Andrea Koevska (born 2000), Macedonian singer and Eurovision Song Contest 2022 entrant * Andrea Komšić (born 1996), Croatian alpine skier * Andrea Koppel (born 1963), American news correspondent * 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 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 Newman (1938–2019), British author * Andrea Olsen (born 1961), American politician * Andrea Petkovic (born 1987), German tennis player * Andreea Răducan (born 1983), Romanian gymnast * Andrea Rau (born 1947), German actress * Andrea Russett (born 1996), American actress * Andrea Růžičková (born 1984), Slovak actress and model * Andrea Romano (voice director), Andrea Romano (born 1955), American voice actress * Andrea Sanke, American television journalist and presenter * Andrea Shaw (born 1983), American professional bodybuilder * Andrea Stuart (born 1962), Barbadian-British historian and writer * Andrea Suárez (Thai singer), 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 Valderrama (born 1989), American politician * Andrea Wilkens (born 1984), German footballer * 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 (Bulgarian singer), Andrea (born 1987), Bulgarian singer

Men

* Andrea Aguyar (died 1849), Uruguayan slave turned soldier and revolutionary * Andrea Alciato (1492–1550), Italian jurist * Andrea Amati (1505–1577), luthier from Cremona, Italy, credited with making the first instruments of the violin family that are in the form we use today * Andrea Antico (c. 1480 – c. 1538) was an Istrian music printer, editor, publisher and composer of the Renaissance * Andrea Aleksi (1425–1505), Albanian architect * Andrea Ammonio (c. 1478–1517), Italian poet * Andrea Andreani (1540–1623), Italian engraver on wood * Andrea Appiani (1754–1817), Italian painter * Andrea Argoli (1570–1657), Italian mathematician and astronomer * Andrea Aromatico (born 1966), Italian historian and expert in Hermetic iconography * Andrea Bacci (born 1972), Italian race car driver * Andrea Baldini (born 1985), Italian fencer * Andrea Bargnani (born 1985), Italian basketball player * Andrea Barzagli (born 1981), Italian football player * Andrea Belli (1703–1772), Maltese architect * Andrea Bianchi (born 1925), Italian film director * Andrea Boattini (born 1969), Italian astronomer * Andrea Bocelli (born 1958), Italian singer, writer and music producer * Andrea Bogdani (1600–1683), Albanian prelate and scholar * Andrea Bonomi (1923–2003), Italian footballer * Andrea Briosco (c. 1470–1532), Italian sculptor and architect * Andrea Camilleri (born 1925), Italian writer * Andrea Casiraghi (born 1984), eldest child of Princess Caroline of Monaco * Andrea Cesalpino (1519–1603), Italian physician, philosopher and botanist * Andrea Cinciarini (born 1986), Italian basketball player * Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (born 1925), Archbishop of Tuscania * Andrea Costa (1851–1913), Italian socialist activist * Andrea Debono (1821–1871), Maltese trader and explorer * Andrea Doria (1466–1560), Genoese condottiere and admiral. ** He was the wiktionary:protonym, protonym for the ocean liner SS Andrea Doria, which famously sank in 1956, as well as four Italian ship Andrea Doria, Italian warships. * Andrea Dovizioso (born 1986), Italian motorcycle racer * Andrew Ferrara, Andrea Ferrara, 16th century Scottish artificer who introduced the manufacture of the high-quality steel blades bearing his name * Andrea Figallo (born 1972), Italian composer and conductor * Andrea da Firenze (?-1415), Italian composer * Andrea del Sarto (1486–1530), Italian painter * Andrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435–1488), Florentine sculptor * Andrea diSessa (born 1947), American academic and epistemologist * Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1532/33-1585), Italian composer * Andrea Gioannetti (1722–1800), Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal * Andrea Iannone (born 1989), Italian MotoGP driver * Andrew Kim Taegon, Andrea Kim Taegŏn (1821–1846), first Korean Catholic priest, Patron Saint of Korea for the Catholic Church * Andrea Luchesi (1741–1801), Italian composer * Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431–1506), Florentine painter * André Masséna, Andrea Massena (1758–1817), French military commander of Sardinian origin during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon * Andrea Nuciforo (1964), US politician who served as Democratic State Senator (1997–2007) * Andrea Orcagna (c. 1308–1368), Florentine painter, sculptor and architect * Andrea Palladio (1508–1580), Italian architect * Andrea Pazienza (1956–1988), Italian comics artist * Andrea Pirlo (born 1979), Italian football player * Andrea Pisano (c. 1270–1348), Italian sculptor and architect * Andrea Prader (1919–2001), renowned Swiss scientist and physician, co-discoverer of the Prader-Willi syndrome * Andrea Prosperetti (born 1944), Italian physicist, member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering * Andrea Renzullo (born 1996), German singer * Andrea Sansovino (c. 1467–1529), Italian sculptor * Andrea Schiavone, Andrea Meldolla (1510/1515–1563), also known as Andrea Schiavone or Andrija Medulic, was a Dalmatian Renaissance painter and etcher * Andrea Solari (c. 1460–1524), Renaissance painter * Andrea Tacquet (1612–1660), Flemish mathematician and Jesuit priest whose work prepared the ground for the eventual discovery of the calculus * Andrea Tafi (artist), Andrea Tafi (floruit, fl. 1300–1325), Italian artist * Andrea Vassallo (architect), Andrea Vassallo (1856–1928), Maltese architect * Andrea Vavassori (born 1995), Italian tennis player * Andrea Vesalius (1514–1564), Flemish physician, author of influential books on human anatomy and often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy * Andrew Viterbi, Andrea Viterbi (born 1935), birthname of Italian-American scientist and engineer Andrew Viterbi, winner of the National Medal of Science * Andrea Zanzotto (1921–2011), Italian poet

Fictional characters

* Andrea, a fictional character from the ''Daria'' * List of characters in the Breaking Bad franchise#Andrea Cantillo, Andrea Cantillo, a fictional character from ''Breaking Bad'' * Andrea Davenport, a fictional character from ''The Ghost and Molly McGee'' * Andrea Marino, a fictional character from ''Ghost Whisperer'' * List of Rookie Blue characters#Andy McNally, Andrea "Andy" McNally, a fictional character from ''Rookie Blue''

References

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