Andrea is a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to

Andreas Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of B ...

Andrej Andrey, Andrej or Andrei (in Cyrillic script: Андрей, Андреј or Андрэй) is a form of Andreas/ Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: *Andrei of Polotsk ( – 1399), Lithuanian nobleman * ...

and

Andrew Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in List of countries where English is an official language, English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is freq ...

Origin of the name

The name derives from the

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

word ἀνήρ (''anēr''),

genitive In grammar, the genitive case (abbreviated ) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun. A genitive can al ...

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 A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

, with

endearment Affection or fondness is a "disposition or state of mind or body" that is often associated with a feeling or type of love. It has given rise to a number of branches of philosophy and psychology concerning emotion, disease, influence, and sta ...

functions, of male Greek names composed with the ''andr-'' prefix, like

Androgeos Androgeos or Androgeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρόγεως, la, Androgeum or Androgeōs derived from ''andros'' "of a man" and ''geos'', genitive ''gē'' "earth, land") was the name of two individuals in Classical mythology. * Androgeus, son of M ...

(''man of the earth''),

Androcles Androcles ( el, Ἀνδροκλῆς, alternatively spelled Androclus in Latin), is the main character of a common folktale about a man befriending a lion. The tale is included in the Aarne–Thompson classification system as type 156. The ...

(''man of glory''), Andronikos (''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 Elia is a name which may be a variant of the names Elias, Elijah, Eli or Eliahu, and may refer to: People * Aelia (gens) or Elia, a ''gens'' of Ancient Rome Mononymic * Elia or Elijah, a biblical prophet * Elia, a pen-name of Charles Lamb First ...

(

Elias Elias is the Greek equivalent of Elijah ( he, אֵלִיָּהוּ‎ ''ʾĒlīyyāhū''; Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ ''Eliyā''; Arabic: الیاس Ilyās/Elyās), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy ...

), Enea (

Aeneas In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (, ; from ) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus). His father was a first cousin of King Priam of Troy (both being grandsons ...

Luca The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the most recent population from which all organisms now living on Earth share common descent—the most recent common ancestor of all current life on Earth. This includes all cellular organisms; th ...

(

Lucas Lucas or LUCAS may refer to: People * Lucas (surname) * Lucas (given name) Arts and entertainment * Luca Family Singers, also known as "lucas ligner en torsk" * ''Lucas'' (album) (2007), an album by Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities * ''L ...

Mattia Mattia is an Italian given name for males and, less frequently, females. Also a surname, it may refer to: Given name * Mattia Altobelli (born 1983), professional Italian footballer *Mattia Battistini (1856–1928), Italian operatic baritone *Matt ...

(

Matthias Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew. People Notable people named Matthias include the following: In religion: * Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscariot * ...

), Nicola (

Nicholas Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglicanism, Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the n ...

), Tobia (

Tobias Tobias is the transliteration of the Greek which is a translation of the Hebrew biblical name he, טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, JahGod is good, label=none. With the biblical Book of Tobias being present in the Deuterocanon/Apocrypha of the Bible, To ...

). 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 Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places *Czech, ...

, Slovak,

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

Slovenian Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( sl, Sloven ...

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

, French,

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

, Hungarian,

Scandinavian languages The North Germanic languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages—a sub-family of the Indo-European languages—along with the West Germanic languages and the extinct East Germanic languages. The language group is also r ...

and

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

, ''Andrea'' is a feminine name. Masculine forms are

Ondřej Ondřej �ondr̝ɛjis a Czech given name, similar to English Andrew. * Ondřej Bank (born 1980), Czech alpine skier * Ondřej Buchtela (1999–2020), Czech ice hockey player * Ondřej Čelůstka (born 1989), Czech footballer * Ondřej Cverna (bor ...

Andrzej Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew. Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej * Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer * Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and ma ...

, Anže,

András András () is a Hungarian masculine given name, the Hungarian form of ''Andrew''. Notable people with the name include: * András Ádám-Stolpa (born 1921), Hungarian tennis player * András Adorján (born 1950), Hungarian writer * András Ágos ...

, Andreo, Andrés,

Anders Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering, Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres (name), Andres via metathesis (linguistics), metathesis. In Sweden, A ...

, Andries or Andre. * In

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

''Andrea'' is a masculine name; its native form is Ndrea. * In Romansh ''Andrea'' is also a masculine name. * In

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

, ''Andrea'' is a primarilyDizionario della lingua italiana – Volume VII, p. 529
/ref> masculine name. * In

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

Andrea (Андреа) is used as the feminine form of "Andrei". * In

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

and

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

, ''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 Istria ( ; Croatian language, Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; ist, Eîstria; Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian, Italian language, Italian and Venetian language, Venetian: ; formerly in Latin and in Ancient Greek) is the larges ...

, where Andrea is a male name. * In

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

Andreea Andreea is a Romanian feminine given name. It is the feminine of Andrei, the Romanian form of Andrew. The name Andreea become popular from the 1970s onwards, being one of the most common given names in the younger generations, ranking third in pop ...

'' is a feminine name and it is written with an extra "e". However, the feminine variation ''Andrea'' is also used. Andrea as

etymon Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the form of words and ...

means ''knitting needle'' in

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

Andrei Andrei, Andrey or Andrej (in Cyrillic script: Андрэй , Андрей or Андреј) is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: *Andrei of Polotsk (–1399), Lithuanian nobleman *A ...

is the masculine form. * ''

Andréia Andréia (or Andreia) is a Portuguese language, Portuguese feminine given name. Notable people named Andréia or Andreia include: People * Andreia Aparecida Hessel (born 1984), Brazilian marathon runner * Andreia Bandeira (born 1987), Brazilian ...

'' is the most common Portuguese spelling of this name, although ''Andréa'' is also used in Brazilian Portuguese. The masculine form is

André André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a variation o ...

. * 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 Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

, ''Andrea'' and ''Andere'' exist as female names. Two

s merge in the former: the most widespread form with a Greek root, 'man', and the 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 Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...

, Andrea is used as the feminine form of "Andreu".

Notable people

Women

Andrea Alföldi Andrea Alföldi Rejtő (born September 22, 1964 in Komló, Baranya (county), Baranya) is a retired female race walking, race walker from Hungary, who competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She set her per ...

(born 1964), Hungarian race walker *

Andrea Allan Andrea Allan (born 18 November 1946) is a Scottish-born actress who appeared in many British films of the 1960s and '70s. She also appeared in magazine spreads for both ''Playboy'' and '' Penthouse''. Her films included ''Carry On Cowboy'', '' ...

(born 1946), American actress *

Andrea Anders Andrea Anders (born May 10, 1975) is an American actress. She is best known for her work on television, notably through her main roles on five anticipated but short-lived sitcoms, ''Joey'', '' The Class'', ''Better Off Ted'', '' Mr. Sunshine'' and ...

(born 1975), American actress *

Andrea Arlington Andrea Arlington, formerly Neiers and Dunn, is an American life coach, writer, minister, former television personality, and former model. She began her career as a pin-up model in the 1980s, appearing in ''Playboy'' and eventually moving to Los An ...

, American model, television personality, and life coach *

Andrea Armstrong Andrea Armstrong (born May 18, 1982) is an American who is a former NCAA basketball player. Armstrong hails from Lakeside, Oregon, but was born in Longview, Washington. After a stellar high school basketball career, Armstrong began her collegia ...

(born 1982), former American collegiate basketball player *

Andrea Ávila Andrea Verónica Ávila (born April 4, 1970, in Villa Carlos Paz) is a retired long and triple jumper from Argentina. Ávila won two medals at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the ...

(born 1970), Argentine long and triple jumper *

Andrea Baker Andrea Baker (née Taylor) is an American actress. In film, she is known for her role as Peggy Jane in the 1998 film ''Pleasantville (film), Pleasantville'', as well as her voice roles portraying List of characters in Totally Spies!#Clover, Clove ...

, American actress *

Andrea Bang Andrea Bang is a Canadian actress and screenwriter from Burnaby, British Columbia. She is best known for playing Janet Kim in the CBC comedy ''Kim's Convenience'', for which she was nominated many times at the Canadian Screen Awards. She has a ...

, Canadian actress *

Andrea Barber Andrea Laura Barber (born July 3, 1976) is an American actress. She is known for playing Kimmy Gibbler in the ABC sitcom ''Full House'' and the Netflix sequel series '' Fuller House''. Early life Barber is the youngest of three children. She g ...

(born 1976), American actress *

Andrea Barthwell Andrea Grubb Barthwell, M.D. (born 1953 or 1954) worked in the White House under President of the United States George W. Bush as Deputy Director for Demand Reduction at the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Education Barthwell studied at Wes ...

(born 1953), American federal civil servant and Illinois political hopeful * Andrea Berg (born 1966), German singer * Andrea Berg (born 1981), German volleyball player *

Andrea Berger Andrea Berger (born January 28, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player. At the 1989 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, she won a gold medal in the women's doubles event, and was runner-up to Ilana Berger (no relation) in the singles, ear ...

(born 1970), American tennis player *

Andrea Borrell Andrea Leonora Borrell Hernández (born November 10, 1963 in Las Villas, Villa Clara) is a retired female basketball player from Cuba. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: ...

(born 1963), Cuban basketball player *

Andrea Bowen Andrea Bowen is an American actress and singer. She began her career appearing on Broadway musicals, including ''Les Misérables'' and ''The Sound of Music''. In 2004, she began playing the role of Julie Mayer on the ABC comedy-drama series ''Des ...

(born 1990), American actress *

Andrea Brown (R&B singer) Andrea Brown (born May 21, 1982) is a pop, house and R&B singer from Brooklyn, US. She is also the cousin of singer Bobby Brown. In 2001, she scored a #1 Hot Dance Music/Club Play track as the lead vocalist on Goldtrix's cover of Jill Scot ...

(born 1974), American singer *

Andrea Brillantes Anndrew Blythe Daguio Gorostiza (born March 12, 2003), known professionally as Andrea Brillantes (), is a Filipinos, Filipino actress. She is best known for her roles as the titular character in ''Annaliza'' (2013) and as Marga Bartolome in '' ...

(born 2003), Filipina actress *

Andrea Canning Andrea Mead Canning (born December 10, 1972) is a Canadian-American journalist and writer. She was named a ''Dateline NBC'' correspondent in October 2012 and contributes to other NBC News platforms such as ''Today,'' ''NBC Nightly News '' and MSN ...

(born 1972), Canadian-American broadcast journalist *

Andrea Češková Andrea Češková (born 18 October 1971) is a Czech Civic Democratic Party politician. She was a Member of the European Parliament for the Czech Republic between 2009 and 2014. After graduating in law from Charles University in Prague, Češkov� ...

(born 1971), Czech MEP *

Andrea Corr Andrea Jane Corr MBE (born 17 May 1974) is an Irish singer, songwriter, musician and actress. Corr debuted in 1990 as the lead singer of the Celtic folk rock and pop rock group The Corrs along with her three elder siblings Caroline, Sharon ...

(born 1974), Irish musician *

Andrea del Boca Andrea del Boca (born 18 October 1965, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine actress and singer. She began her career as a child actress and subsequently became popular in the 1980s and 1990s for her roles in telenovelas, such as ''Estrellita mía'', ' ...

, (born 1965) Argentine actress *

Andrea Demetriades Andrea Demetriades (born 1987) is an Australian actress known for her television, theatre and film roles. Personal life Demetriades was born in Perth, the youngest of four sisters. Her father, Costas, emigrated from Cyprus in 1969 and met her ...

(born 1983), Australian actress *

Andrea Demirović Andrea Demirović ( sr-cyrl, Андреа Демировић; born 17 June 1985), also known as simply Andrea, is a Montenegrins, Montenegrin singer and a student of the Cetinje Music Academy – ''Music Pedagogy''. Demirović was born in Podgor ...

(born 1985), Montenegrin singer *

Andrea Dewar Andrea Dewar (born July 9, 1979) is a Canadian water polo player. She is a graduate of McGill University in physical therapy, 2001. She was part of the bronze medal-winning women's water polo team at the 2001 world championships in Fukuoka, J ...

(born 1979), Canadian water polo player *

Andrea Donaldson Andrea Donaldson is a Canadian theatre director and dramaturge. She is the current artistic director of Nightwood Theatre and was formerly the program director of Nightwood's Write From the Hip program. Early life Donaldson attended the Claude ...

, Canada theatre director *

Andrea Dworkin Andrea Rita Dworkin (September 26, 1946 – April 9, 2005) was an American radical feminist writer and activist best known for her analysis of pornography. Her feminist writings, beginning in 1974, span 30 years. They are found in a dozen solo ...

(1946–2005), American radical feminist and writer *

Andrea Echeverri Andrea Echeverri Arias (born September 13, 1965) is a Colombian rock/ pop singer and guitarist. She holds a degree in Fine Arts from University of Los Andes and was a ceramist before becoming a musician. She is the lead singer in Aterciopelados ...

(born 1965), Colombian singer and guitarist, lead singer of the rock band Aterciopelados *

Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Andreea Ehritt-Vanc (born 6 October 1973) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. Vanc played predominantly in doubles; and has won two WTA Tour titles. Her best result at the Grand Slam tournaments is third round: at the 2005 Australia ...

(born 1973), Romanian tennis player *

Andrea Farkas Andrea Farkas (born 1 September 1969) is a former Hungarian international team handball goalkeeper who currently works as goalkeeping coach for Dunaújvárosi NKS. Among her achievements with the national team is an Olympic bronze medal from ...

(born 1969), Hungarian handball goalkeeper *

Andrea Feldman Andrea Feldman (April 1, 1948 – August 8, 1972) was an American actress and Warhol superstar. She committed suicide in 1972. Career Andrea Feldman was a native New Yorker. She attended Quintano's School for Young Professionals, a high sc ...

(1948–1972), American actress * Andrea Fioroni (born 1969), Argentine field hockey player *

Andrea Fischer Andrea Fischer (born January 14, 1960) is a former member of the German Bundestag for the German Green Party and from 1998 until 2001 was Federal Minister for Health. She dropped out of the Bundestag in 2002. Life Education and profession After ...

(born 1960), German politician *

Andrea Ghez Andrea is a given name 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''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that re ...

(born 1965), American astronomer *

Andrea Glass Andrea Glass (born 17 July 1976) is a former professional German tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 53rd, which she reached on 1 February 1999, as a result of reaching the third round of the Australian Open, where Anna Kournikova ...

(born 1976), German tennis player *

Andrea Gibson Andrea Gibson (born August 13, 1975) is an American poet and activist from Calais, Maine, who has lived in Boulder, Colorado since 1999. Gibson's poetry focuses on gender norms, politics, social reform, and LGBTQ topics. Personal life Gibson ...

(born 1975), spoken word artist and activist * Andrea Gyarmati (born 1954), Hungarian swimmer *

Andrea Hall Andrea Jean Hall (born October 31, 1947) is a retired American soap opera actress. Personal life Hall is the identical twin sister of soap actress Deidre Hall. Career From 1977 to 1982, Hall played Samantha Evans, the twin of her sister Deidre ...

(born 1947), American soap opera actress *

Andrea Hayes Andrea Jean Hayes (born January 12, 1969), later known by her married name Andrea Dickson, is an American former competition swimming (sport), swimmer who represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. At the 1 ...

(born 1969), American backstroke swimmer *

Andréa Henriques Andréa Guida Berlanga Henriques (born January 5, 1980) is a female water polo player from Brazil, who won the bronze medal with the Brazil women's national water polo team at the 2003 Pan American Games. She also competed at the 2007 Pan America ...

(born 1980), Brazilian water polo player *

Andrea Hlaváčková Andrea is a given name 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''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that ref ...

(born 1986), Czech tennis player *

Andrea van den Hurk Andrea van den Hurk (born 2 February 1979) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands. A right-handed player from Haarlem, van den Hurk competed on the professional tour from 1996 to 2004. She was most successful as a doubles player, with ...

(born 1979), Dutch tennis player * Andrea Immer Robinson (born 1964), Master Sommelier and Dean of Wine Studies at the French Culinary Institute *

Andrea Jaeger Andrea Jaeger ( ; born June 4, 1965) is an American former professional tennis player. A world No. 2, Jaeger's brief but highly successful tennis career ended prematurely due to major shoulder injuries. Jaeger started her professional tennis career ...

(born 1965), American former tennis player *

Andrea Jeremiah Andrea Maria Jeremiah is an Indian actress, playback singer, and a musician, who works predominantly in Tamil language, Tamil and Malayalam language films. She made her acting debut in Tamil language, Tamil film ''Pachaikili Muthucharam'' (2007 ...

(born 1985), Indian Tamil playback singer, film actress and a model. *

A. J. Cook Andrea Joy Cook (born July 22, 1978) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau on the CBS crime drama ''Criminal Minds'' (2005–2020, 2022). Cook has also appeared in ''The Virgin ...

(born 1978), Canadian actress *

Andrea Jung Andrea Jung (鍾彬嫻, pinyin: Zhōng Bīnxián, jyutping: zung1 ban1 haa4) (born 1958) is a Canadian-American executive, non-profit leader, and prominent women's-issues supporter based in New York City. In April 2014, she became president and ...

(born 1959), business executive *

Andrea Jürgens Andrea Elisabeth Maria Jürgens (15 May 1967 – 20 July 2017) was a German schlager singer. She became famous as a child star in the late 1970s when she had her first hit with "Und dabei liebe ich euch beide" (And Yet I Love You Both) at age 1 ...

(1967–2017), German singer * Andrea Kevichüsa (born 2001), Indian model and actress *

Andrea King Andrea King (born Georgette André Barry; February 1, 1919 – April 22, 2003) was an American stage, film, and television actress, sometimes billed as Georgette McKee. Early life Andrea King was born Georgette André Barry on February 1, 1919, ...

(1919–2003), American actress *

Andrea Kobetić Andrea Kobetić (née Penezić; born 13 November 1985) is a retired Croatian handball player who was last played for Siófok KC and the Croatia women's national handball team. She represented Croatia at the 2008 European Women's Handball Champ ...

(born 1985), Croatian handball player *

Andrea Koevska Andrea Koevska ( mk, Андреа Коевска; born 14 February 2000), best known under her mononym Andrea, is a Macedonian singer. She represented North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with "Circles". Early life Andrea was bo ...

(born 2000), Macedonian singer and

Eurovision Song Contest 2022 The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Turin, Italy, following the country's victory at the with the song "" by Måneskin. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and h ...

entrant * Andrea Komšić (born 1996), Croatian alpine skier *

Andrea Koppel Andrea Koppel (born November 27, 1963) is an American communications strategist, and a former TV journalist. Early life and education Koppel was born in New York City, the daughter of Ted Koppel, a television journalist, and Grace Anne Dorney Kop ...

(born 1963), American news correspondent *

Andrea Leeds Andrea Leeds (born Antoinette Lees, August 18, 1913 – May 21, 1984) was an American film actress. A popular supporting player of the late 1930s, Leeds was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ''S ...

(1914–1984), American actress *

Andrea Lehotská Andrea Lehotská (born December 2, 1981 in Detva, Slovakia) is a Slovaks, Slovak-Italy, Italian television hostess, actress and model (person), model. Biography In March 2001, Lehotská was one of the twelve finalists in the Miss Slovakia contes ...

(born 1981), Slovak television hostess, actress, and top model. * Andrea Lekić (born 1987), Serbian handball player *

Andrea Levy Andrea Levy (7 March 1956 – 14 February 2019) was an English author best known for the novels '' Small Island'' (2004) and ''The Long Song'' (2010). She was born in London to Jamaican parents, and her work explores topics related to British ...

(1956–2019), British author *

Andrea Lewis Andrea Desiree Lewis (born August 15, 1985) is a Canadian actress and singer known for her role as Hazel Aden in the long-running TV series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation''. Television and film Lewis appeared with Diahann Carroll in the biop ...

(born 1985), Canadian actress *

Andrea Libman Andrea Eva Libman (born July 19, 1984) is a Canadian actress whose most popular on-screen appearances are in ''Little Women'', '' Andre'', and a guest role on ''The X-Files''. She is also known for providing voice acting in various animated show ...

(born 1984), Canadian Voice Actress *

Andrea Lowe Andrea Lowe (born 1 May 1975 in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, Arnold, Nottinghamshire) is an English actress. Career She started her theatre career at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre in the play ''The Birthday Party (play), The Birthday Party'' by Ha ...

(born 1975), British actress *

Andrea Martin Andrea Louise Martin (born January 15, 1947) is an American-Canadian actress, singer, and comedian, best known for her work in the television series '' SCTV'' and ''Great News''. She has appeared in films such as '' Black Christmas'' (1974), ''W ...

(born 1947), actress and comedian *

Andrea Mayr Andrea Mayr (born October 15, 1979) is a female long-distance runner from Austria. She also competes in mountain running and cycling. She set her personal best (2:30:43) in the women's marathon on April 19, 2009, winning the Vienna City Maratho ...

(born 1979), Austrian long-distance runner *

Andrea McArdle Andrea McArdle is an American singer and actress best known for originating the role of Annie in the Broadway musical '' Annie''. Career McArdle was born in Philadelphia. While studying dance as a child, she was spotted by a talent agent who got ...

(born 1963), American singer and actress *

Andrea Mitchell Andrea Mitchell (born October 30, 1946) is an American television journalist, anchor and commentator for NBC News, based in Washington, D.C. She is NBC News' chief foreign affairs & chief Washington correspondent, reporting on the 2008 presid ...

(born 1946), American news correspondent *

Andrea Moody Andrea Moody (born February 20, 1978) is a former freestyle swimming, freestyle swimming (sport), swimmer from Canada, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics for her native country. She finished in seventh place with the women's 4×100-metre f ...

(born 1978), Canadian swimmer *

Andrea Murez Andrea "Andi" Murez ( he, אנדראה "אנדי" מורז; born January 29, 1992), is an Israeli-American Olympic swimmer. She swam for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She will represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She represented ...

(born 1992), Israeli-American Olympic swimmer for Israel * Andrea Newman (1938–2019), British author *

Andrea Olsen Andrea Olsen (born December 24, 1961) is an American politician who served in the Montana House of Representatives The Montana House of Representatives is, with the Montana Senate, one of the two houses of the Montana Legislature. Composed of ...

(born 1961), American politician *

Andrea Petkovic Andrea Petkovic (, ; born 9 September 1987) is a German former professional tennis player. Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mother Amira, she moved to Germany at six months old and turned professional in 2006 a ...

(born 1987), German tennis player *

Andreea Răducan Andreea Mădălina Răducan (; born 30 September 1983) is a retired gymnast from Bârlad, Romania. She currently works as a sports announcer and journalist. Răducan began competing in gymnastics at a young age and was training at the Romanian j ...

(born 1983), Romanian gymnast *

Andrea Rau Andrea Rau (born 1947 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a German actress and producer who has appeared in several German films as well as appearing in the television series ''Derrick''. Her most well-known film appearance was in the 1971 Belgian erotic ...

(born 1947), German actress *

Andrea Russett Andrea Rose Russett (born June 27, 1995) is an Internet personality active on Snapchat, Instagram, and YouTube. In 2020 Russett released her first music, making her a published singer-songwriter. Early life Russett was born in Fort Wayne, In ...

(born 1996), American actress * Andrea Růžičková (born 1984), Slovak actress and model * Andrea Romano (born 1955), American voice actress *

Andrea Sanke Andrea Sanke is an American List of television reporters, television journalist. She currently works as a senior presenter for TRT World in Istanbul. Career After working for US broadcasters NBC and National Public Radio in the mid-1990s, Andrea ...

, American television journalist and presenter *

Andrea Shaw Andrea Shaw (born December 18, 1983) is an American professional bodybuilding champion and physique and figure competitor. She holds three Ms. Olympia title wins and three Rising Phoenix World Championships, Ms Rising Phoenix title wins. Early l ...

(born 1983), American professional bodybuilder * Andrea Stuart (born 1962), Barbadian-British historian and writer * Andrea Suárez (born 1979), Thai singer *

Andrea Temesvári Andrea Temesvári (born 26 April 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. She won the Italian Open at age sixteen, but injuries would later hamper her career. Born in Budapest, Temesvári began playing tennis at age nine. Sh ...

(born 1966), Hungarian former tennis player *

Andrea Thompson Rebecca Andrea Thompson (born January 6, 1960)
Film Reference. Retrieved May 19, 2013. is an Ameri ...

(born 1960), American actress *

Andrea Tóth Andrea Tóth (born 7 August 1981) is a female water polo player from Hungary, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Tóth played for VF Kecskemét, BVSC, Dunaujváros, Volturno Italy and Szentes. ...

(born 1980), Hungarian water polo player *

Andrea True Andrea Marie Truden (July 26, 1943 – November 7, 2011), better known by her pseudonym Andrea True, was an American pornographic actress and singer from the disco era. In addition to her given name, she had multiple stage names, including Inger ...

(born 1943), porn actress and singer *

Andrea Valderrama Andrea Valderrama is a PeruvianAmerican politician who is currently the Oregon state representative in Oregon's 47th district. She was appointed to the seat after incumbent Democrat Diego Hernandez resigned. Prior to her time in the Oregon Hou ...

(born 1989), American politician *

Andrea Wilkens Andrea Wilkens (born October 16, 1984) is a German football midfielder currently playing for VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional ass ...

(born 1984), German footballer *

Andrea Yates Andrea Pia Yates ( Kennedy; born July 2, 1964) is an American woman from Houston, Texas, who confessed to drowning her five children in their bathtub on June 20, 2001. She had severe postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and schizophreni ...

(born 1964), American defendant in a notorious filicide case *

Andrea Zollo Pretty Girls Make Graves was a post-punk band formed in Seattle in 2001, named after The Smiths' song of the same name (which itself was named after a quote from Jack Kerouac's ''The Dharma Bums''). Andrea Zollo and Derek Fudesco had played to ...

(born 1975), American singer *

Andrea Zonn Andrea Elizabeth Zonn (born 1969) is a singer and fiddle player who grew up in Urbana, Illinois. She grew up in an environment surrounded by music. She sings, and plays classical violin, and is fluent in numerous other musical genres. Zonn first ...

(born 1969), American singer and musician * Andrea Zsadon (born 1946), Hungarian soprano *

Andrea Andrea is a given name 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''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that ref ...

(born 1987), Bulgarian singer

Men

Andrea Aguyar Andrea Aguyar, nicknamed Andrea il Moro, (?, Montevideo, Uruguay - 30 June 1849, Rome, Italy) was a former Black slave from Uruguay who became a follower of Garibaldi in both South America and Italy, and who died in defence of the revolutiona ...

(died 1849), Uruguayan slave turned soldier and revolutionary *

Andrea Alciato Andrea Alciato (8 May 149212 January 1550), commonly known as Alciati (Andreas Alciatus), was an Italian jurist and writer. He is regarded as the founder of the French school of legal humanists. Biography Alciati was born in Alzate Brianza, nea ...

(1492–1550), Italian jurist *

Andrea Amati Andrea Amati was a luthier, from Cremona, Italy. Amati is credited with making the first instruments of the violin family that are in the form we use today. Several of his instruments survive to the present day, and some of them can still be p ...

(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''

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