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Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew.
Pronunciation | /ˈændriə, ˈɑːn-/ A(H)N-dree-ə, /ɑːnˈdreɪ.ə/ ahn-DRAY-ə Italian: [anˈdrɛːa] |
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Gender | Female (most languages) Male (most cases, Albanian, Italian and Romansh) |
Language(s) | Greek aner, andros, "man" (i.e. adult male) |
Origin | |
Meaning | 'manly' |
Other names | |
See also | Andre, Andreas, Andrew, Andy/Andie, Adrian |
Origin of the name
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Usage
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Notable people
Women
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Men
- Andrea Aguyar (died 1849), Uruguayan slave turned soldier and revolutionary
- Andrea Alciato (1492–1550), Italian jurist
- Andrea Aleksi (1425–1505), Albanian architect
- 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 Ammonio (c. 1478–1517), Italian poet
- Andrea Andreani (1540–1623), Italian engraver on wood
- Andrea Antico (c. 1480 – c. 1538) was an Istrian music printer, editor, publisher and composer of the Renaissance
- 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 Arru (born 2007), Italian actor and model
- 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 (1925–2013), 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 (1925–2019), 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 (1925–2017), 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 protonym for the ocean liner SS Andrea Doria, which famously sank in 1956, as well as four Italian warships.
- Andrea Dovizioso (born 1986), Italian motorcycle racer
- Andrea Ferrara, 16th-century Scottish artificer who introduced the manufacture of high-quality steel blades bearing his name
- Andrea Ferris (born 1987), Panamanian middle-distance runner
- 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
- 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
- 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 Pennacchi (born 1969), Italian actor
- 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 Meldolla (1510/1515–1563), also known as Andrea Schiavone or Andrija Medulic, was a Dalmatian Renaissance painter and etcher
- Andrea Settembrini (born 1991), Italian footballer
- 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 (fl. 1300–1325), Italian artist
- 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
- 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 Daria
- Andrea Cantillo, a fictional character from Breaking Bad
- Andrea Theresa "Andy" Carmichael, a character in the 1985 American adventure comedy The Goonies
- Andrea Davenport, a fictional character from The Ghost and Molly McGee
- Andrea Marino, a fictional character from Ghost Whisperer
- Andrea "Andy" McNally, a fictional character from Rookie Blue
- Andrea, a fictional character in The Walking Dead
- Andrea Young, a fictional character from the book series, My Weird School
- Andrew DeLuca, (real name Andrea) a fictional Doctor in '’Grey's Anatomy'’
References
Sources
- Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (2004). "Natalità e fecondità della popolazione residente: caratteristiche e tendenze recenti" (PDF) (in Italian). p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-01. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
- "Classical Greek Online Base Form Dictionary". Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2009-05-01.