Andrea

Where Andrea comes from

Latinate feminine form of Andreas and Andrew.
— Wiktionary's entry for Andrea
  • Ancient Greek
  • Italian
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Andrea through the years
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #830 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1958
    Andrea Bocelli born
    Italian tenor and singer-songwriter
  3. 1978
    Peak, #23
    10,461 babies named Andrea, its best rank.
  4. 1979
    Andrea Pirlo born
    Italian association football player and manager
  5. 1998
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #61.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
  • A male given name from Italian.
Namesakes
  • Andrea Bocelli · Italian tenor and singer-songwriter, born 1958
  • Andrea Pirlo · Italian association football player and manager, born 1979
  • Andrea Palladio · Italian architect, 1508–1580
  • Andrea M. Ghez · American astronomer, born 1965
  • Andrea Mantegna · Italian Renaissance painter, 1431–1506

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.