Andie
Where Andie comes from
The dictionaries list Andie as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Andrew, from Ancient Greek — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.
- 2 syllables
- Vowel-ended
Along the way
- 1945First appearance#4,556 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 1958Andie MacDowell bornAmerican actress
- 1973Mostly girls from hereUntil now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
- 1988Andie Valentino bornpornographic performer
- 2025Peak, #650443 babies named Andie — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
- A diminutive of the male given name Andrew, from Ancient Greek.
- A diminutive of the female given name Andrea, from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
- Andie MacDowell · American actress, born 1958
- Andie Valentino · pornographic performer, born 1988
- Andie Case · American singer-songwriter, born 1992
Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.