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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), 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, Polish, Slovenian, Dutch, English,

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian languages and Spanish, ''Andrea'' is a feminine name. Masculine forms are Andrej, Ondřej, Andrzej, Anže, Andrew, Andreas, András, Andreo,

Andrés Andres or Andrés may refer to: * Andres, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois, US * Andres, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, France * Andres (name) * Hurricane Andres * "Andres" (song), a 1994 song by L7 See ...

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

, Canadian actress * Andrea Barber (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 Andrea Ferber (''née'' Zellen; born 28 January 1966),Ferb ...

(born 1966), German singer *

Andrea Berg Andrea Ferber (''née'' Zellen; born 28 January 1966),Ferb ...

(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 (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 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 (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 Andrea Paula Fioroni (born January 11, 1969) is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team that finished in seventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ...

(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 (born 1965), American astronomer *