Andrea

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Andrea is a given name common in many parts of the world:

• In Czech, Serbian, Macedonian, Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian languages and Spanish, Andrea is used as a woman's name, as the feminine form of Andrew, Andreas, András, Andrés or Andre.
• In Italy and Albania, Andrea is quite exclusively a (extremely used) masculine name, the equivalent of Andrew.
• In Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia, Andrea is a feminine name; Andreja is another form of feminine name, while Andrija, Andro and Andrej are masculine forms. The only exception is Istria, where Andrea is a male name.
• In Romania Andreea is a feminine name and it is written with an extra "e". Andrei is the masculine form.
• Andréa is a Brazilian Portuguese form of Andrea also used in Portugal along with Andréia.
• In French and Basque Andrea is used as a female name, although the variants Andrée (in French) and Andere (for Basque) also exist.
• In Bulgarian Andrea is used as the feminine form of "Andrei".
• In Catalan Andrea is used as the feminine form of "Andreu".
• "Andrea" in this particular lettering, can be pronounced in many ways.

Origin of the name

It derives from the Greek ανήρ (anēr), genitive ανδρός (andrós), that indicates the man as opposed to the woman (while man in the meaning of human being is άνθρωπος, ánthropos, ανθρώπου, anthrópou); ανήρ might be related with the Indo-European root ner which means man, vital force.^{[citation needed]} The original Greek name, Andréas, represents the hypocoristic, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed with the andr- prefix, like Androgeos, Androcles, Andronikos.

In the year 2006, it was the third most popular name in Italy with 3.1% of newborns.^[1] It is one of the Italian male names ending in a, with others being Elia (Elias), Enea (Aeneas), Luca (Lucas), Mattia (Matthias), Nicola (Nicholas), Tobia (Tobias).

It is traditionally popular because, according to the Christian Bible, Saint Andrew was one of the earliest disciples of Jesus and one of the twelve Apostles.

Notable people named Andrea

Females

• Andrea Alföldi (born 1964), Hungarian race walker
• Andrea Allan (born 1946), American actress
• Andrea Anders (born 1975), American actress
• Andrea Armstrong (born 1982), former American collegiate basketball player
• Andrea Ávila (born 1970), Argentine long and triple jumper
• Andrea Baker, American actress
• Andrea Barber (born 1976), American actress
• Andrea Barthwell, American federal civil servant and Illinois political hopeful
• Andrea Berg (born 1981), German volleyball player
• Andrea Borrell (born 1963), Cuban basketball player
• Andrea Bowen (born 1990), American actress
• Andrea Brown (born 1974), American singer
• Andrea Corr (born 1974), Irish musician
• Andrea Davis (born 1980), Beauty Pageant Titleholder, Mrs. Pacific Islands
• Andrea Demirović (born 1985), Montenegrin singer
• Andrea Dewar (born 1979), Canadian water polo player
• Andrea Dworkin (1946–2005), American radical feminist and writer
• Andreea Ehritt-Vanc (born 1973), Romanian tennis player
• Andrea Farkas (born 1969), Hungarian handball goalkeeper
• Andrea Feldman (born 1948), American actress
• Andrea Fioroni (born 1969), Argentine field hockey player
• Andrea Fischer (born 1960), German politician
• Andrea Gibson spoken word artist and activist
• Andrea Ghez (born 1965), American astronomer
• Andrea Glass (born 1976), German tennis player
• Andrea Hall (born 1947), American soap opera actress
• Andrea Hayes (born 1969), American backstroke swimmer
• Andréa Henriques (born 1980), Brazilian water polo player
• Andrea Hlaváčková (born 1986), Czech tennis player
• Andrea Immer Robinson (born 1964), Master Sommelier and Dean of Wine Studies at the French Culinary Institute
• Andrea Jaeger (born 1965), American former tennis player
• Andrea Jeremiah (born 1985, Indian Tamil playback singer, film actress and a model.
• Andrea Jung (born 1959), business executive
• Andrea Koppel (born 1963), American news correspondent
• Andrea Lau (born 1947), German actress
• Andrea Leeds (1914–1984), American actress
• Andrea Lehotská (born 1981), Slovak television hostess, actress, and top model.
• Andrea Levy (born 1956), British author
• Andrea Lewis (born 1985), Canadian actress
• Andrea Lowe (born 1975), British actress
• Andrea Martin (born 1947), actress and comedian
• Andrea Mason (born 1968), Australian politician
• Andrea Mayr (born 1979), Austrian long-distance runner
• Andrea McArdle (born 1963), American singer and actress
• Andrea Mitchell (born 1946), American news correspondent
• Andrea Moody (born 1978), Canadian swimmer
• Andrea Petkovic (born 1987), Glass's German compatriot and tennis player but she was born in Tuzla, Bosnia.
• Andreea Raducan (born 1983), Romanian gymnast
• Andrea Romano, American voice actress
• Andrea Temesvári (born 1966), Hungarian former tennis player
• Andrea Thompson (born 1960), American actress
• Andrea Tóth (born 1980), Hungarian water polo player
• Andrea True (born 1943), porn star and singer
• Andrea Yates (born 1964), American defendant in a notorious filicide case
• Andrea Zollo, American singer
• Andrea Zonn (born 1969), American singer and musician
• Andrea Zsadon, (born 1946) Hungarian soprano
• Andrea, (born 1987), Bulgarian singer

Males

• Andrea Alciato (1492–1550), Italian jurist
• Andrea Ammonio (c. 1478-1517), Italian poet
• Andrea Andreani (1540–1623), Italian engraver on wood
• Andrea Appiani (1754–1817), Italian painter
• Andrea Bacci (born 1972), Italian race car driver
• Andrea Baldini (born 1985), Italian fencer
• Andrea Bargnani (born 1985), Italian basketball player
• Andrea Bianchi (born 1925), Italian film director
• Andrea Boattini (born 1969), Italian astronomer
• Andrea Bocelli (born 1958), Italian singer, writer and music producer
• Andrea Bonomi (1923–2003), Italian former footballer
• Andrea Branzi (born 1938), Italian architect and designer
• Andrea Briosco (c. 1470–1532), Italian sculptor and architect
• Andrea Bruschi (born 1968), Italian actor
• Andrea Camilleri (born 1925), Italian writer
• Andrea Caracciolo (born 1981), Italian footballer
• Andrea Casiraghi (born 1984), eldest child of HRH Princess Caroline of Monaco
• Andrea Cesalpino (1519–1603), Italian physician, philosopher and botanist
• Andrea Collarini (born 1992), American tennis player
• Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (born 1925), Archbishop of Tuscania
• Andrea Costa (1851–1913), an Italian socialist activist
• Andrea Doria (1466–1560), Genoese condottiere and admiral.
• Andrea Esposito (born 1986), Italian soccer player
• Andrea Figallo (born 1972), Italian composer and conductor
• Andrea da Firenze (?-1415), Italian composer
• Andrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435–1488), Florentine sculptor
• Andrea diSessa, educator
• Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1532/33-1585), Italian composer
• Andrea Gaudenzi (born 1973), Arnaboldi's Italian compatriot and former tennis player
• Andrea Ghiurghi (born 1966), Italian beach volleyball player
• Andrea Guatelli (born 1984), Italian football player
• Andrea Luchesi (1741–1801), Italian composer
• Andrea Magi (born 1966), Italian boxer
• Andrea Mannai (born 1963), Italian boxer
• Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431–1506), Florentine painter
• 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 Righi (born 1979), Italian freestyle swimmer
• Andrea Sansovino (c. 1467–1529), Italian sculptor
• Andrea Solari (c. 1460–1524), Renaissance painter
• Andrea Stoppini (born 1980), Gaudenzi's Italian compatriot and tennis player
• Andrea Tafi (fl. 1300–1325), Italian artist
• Andrea Zanzotto (born 1921), Italian poet

Notes

References

• Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (2004). "Natalità e fecondità della popolazione residente: caratteristiche e tendenze recenti" (in Italian). http://www.istat.it/salastampa/comunicati/non_calendario/20060801_00/testointegrale.pdf. 
• "Classical Greek Online Base Form Dictionary". http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/eieol/grkol-BF-R.html.