Comments for the name Andrea (2)

It is also pronounced (on-dre-a), "o" as in the word "on".

It means "Feminine Grace" or "Ideal Woman".

Even if Andrea is used as a female name, it still means man, not "feminine grace" or something like that. That would be Gynokala or something like that.

This is a beautiful, classy and lady-like name. I pronounce it "On-Dre-A". Or you can pronounce it An-Dra-ya.

My third name is "Andrea" (and unfortunately all my female relatives bear it as their second or third name...) and I think it is somewhat inappropriate for a girl/woman as it means "the man-like woman", from the Greek word "andros" = "man/male".

I think this a great name and I'm proud to hold it. It means sensuality and a strong minded woman.

I really like this name because it is mine! LOL! And it just has some kind of ring to it!

My best friend's name is Andrea and I think it's a beautiful name. Sort of light and flowery but strong and firm. I call her 'Andy' for short but think 'Drea' would be a cool abbreviation.

Can also be pronounced "An-DRAY-uh". [noted -ed]

The name Andrea can also come from the feminine form of the Ancient Greek adjective for brave. The adjective, transliterated from Greek is Andreia. I know this, because my Ancient Greek teachers decided to tell everyone in the class what their names mean. This also happens to be my own name.

My name is Andrea, and I have no problem with it. Mine is pronounced as the behindthename key has it (AN-dree-a), but this seemingly simple name really gives me a hard time. Everyone is always trying to fancy it up like pronouncing it Ondreea. Ondraya. Andraya. Hardly anyone knows how to pronounce the name of an individual person, and I'm always hearing "Oh, well I have a friend who says it this way..." This is a good name, but too many generations of people trying to dress up the name without changing the spelling has made this name a pain.

Andrea Bowen (born March 4, 1990) stars as Julie Mayer, Susan and Karl's daughter on the popular soap-dramedy "Desperate Housewives".

I have known several girls with this name in Sweden, including one family member. In Sweden it is always pronounced Ann-DREH-ah.

Andrea Zuckerman was a character on Beverly Hills 90210, the clever, studious girl.

I think the name Andrea is the most beautiful name in the world, no matter how it is pronounced! My girlfriend's name is Andrea and she pronounces it 'AN-dree-a', I can think of no other name as beautiful to me as Andrea!

Such a pretty name. :-)

I had a friend with this name when I was younger. (She pronounced it AN-dree-a.) Rather than Andy or Drea, her moniker was "Angie." I always thought that was lovely -- to call an Andrea "Angie" for short.

My friend was such a sweet, pretty girl: dark-haired, kind, genuine. I've had an immediate fondness for any Andreas I've since met.

I can't say I really like this name. The nickname Andy is too masculine for me. What may also color my opinion of this name is someone I know who has this name is not a nice person at all. Very vain and selfish.

Famous bearer is the Irish singer Andrea Corr who is the lead singer.

Andrea Černá, A.J. Cook, Drea DeMatteo and Andrea Kerestéšová, actresses - bearers of the name.

From the Greek root "andro-" which means "man." So Andrea does not mean "womanly" just because it's feminine; it means "manly."

Listen to the German pronunciation of Andrea here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

Well, this is my name, and I like it. I haven't found that it's very common, which is good, although this year I became friends with another person named Andrea. But we both have nicknames that our other friends call us. I'm Andy, and she's Ishy (that nickname comes from her last name).

I really don't like it when people say it means 'manly'. Because I heard it means 'womanly' and 'brave'. Some people say that it means neither, just 'manly', but that isn't true. Andrea can be a male name, but mostly it's considered a female name. It also sounds more feminine, especially with the 'ea' at the end, in my opinion.

I like this name, but it's not my favourite. I think it sounds a bit plain.

My sister name is Andrea, but her name is said aundrea (on-dray). She hates it when people call her ann-dree-uh.

Etymologically, it still means "manly," even if it's made feminine. In fact, since the spelling Andrea is also used for males, there's even less of an argument.

This name could also be used as a pet form of Alexandrea.

Nice but it means "manly" which is a stupid thing to call a woman.

Actually everybody, I was really curious a while back and went so deep into finding out how names could represent someone and being that my own name is Andrea, I discovered that the "ANDR" in Andrea means Strong! it doesn't mean manly or masculine. Just wanted to clear that up. Hah.

I like the name not just because it's my name but because there are not a lot of people named Andrea. My nickname is Andy or my family calls me Annie. I've only met 2 people named Andrea so I think that's cool.

Think about this if you still don't think this name means man:
In Greek, 'ginos' meant woman. From there comes the word misoginy - hate towards women, for example.
'Andros' is the Greek equivalent to 'man'. We have the word androginy - 'man-woman' literally, the word misoandria - hate towards men, and a long etcetera. Just search for information if you're still not sure.

This is a really pretty name. Love the way it rolls off the tounge. Truly a great name.

I've been around the block once or twice, and I've found that almost all the girls named Andrea that I know are the last child of an all girl family. Is it some sort of code of desperation for a boy? That's how I see it. Same with John for an all boy family.

Andrea is a great name. I love the nickname Andy.

Andrea Morris, an American actress in her early twenties. She played in "The Hangman's Curse" as 'Crystal'.

A girl I've known since preschool has the name Andraya. And it sounds just like it's spelled. AND RAY A. I kinda like that better then Andrea. It sounds simpler.

This name is quite common in Spanish-speaking countries as a female name. I also recently read that Andrea is common enough among Basque-speakers and in the Basque language it means woman.

Famous bearer: American singer Andrea Ross.

According to my sister (who knows her stuff) if the the root word (which in this case is "man" or "manly") is changed to a feminine form, then the meaning becomes feminine as well. It's the same case for the names Charles and Charlotte (Charles means man, or manly) - it's changed altogether because it becomes feminine diminutive.

My best friend's name is Andrea. Her middle name is Kay, which sounds a little funny with Andrea, but when you put the two with her last name, it sounds very nice.

She pronounces it ann-dree-uh, and hates when people say on-dray-uh. I think her pronunciation is much sweeter. Apparently she knows a lot of Andreas, but I only know one or two others.

Her nicknames have been Angie and Ange forever, which I think are adorable. She tried to have us call her Andy once, but it didn't catch on.

This has been one of my favorite names for the past 4-5 years. I think it sounds feminine and beautiful. It brings such a pretty picture to mind. I can think of a princess in a beautiful dress in a forest, yet I can think of a cute little girl. Beautiful, classy, but not outrageous.

This is my name. My middle name is also Kay, which seems to be a fairly common middle name with it. It has a couple of drawbacks: the pronunciation confusion and the confusion with similar sounding names. I pronounce it ANN-dree-uh, but some people want to pronounce it on-DRAY-uh or ON-dree-uh, both of which sound affected and which I hate. People also occasionally call me "Angela" for some reason, maybe because it's a more common name and is similar sounding.

I was named after my dad and like it for that reason and because it's never been either too common or too uncommon a name. I was always glad not to be named Jennifer or Amy or Angela, all names that were really common for women my age. It's hard to guess my age because the name was actually more common for people born 10 years after I was, though it has been used pretty consistently for the last 50 years and an Andrea could be pretty much any age. It's kind of a classic by now.

My friend's name is Leandrea and she pronounces it lee-an-DRE-a (E like in END).

This name is Greek.

I believe most European countries pronounce Andrea "ahn-dray-uh". The other pronunciations are the American versions. So, in the States, neither way is considered incorrect.

As for the meaning, it basically means "manly". I take that to mean "strong", and "tough". =)

This is my name, and I guess I like it. Not many people have this name that I know of, and that's cool.

When my mother named me, my grandmother said, "Don't name her that, they'll call her Andy!" And sure enough, junior high came and my friends started calling me Andy. Now pretty much all my closest friends call me Andy, and even those who I'm not that close with but who have hung around with my actual friends have referred to me as "Andy". The only person in my group of friends who actually doesn't call me Andy is my boyfriend, for obvious reasons. Even his best friends sometimes call me Andy though. It's strange, but funny.

Personally, I don't mind at all, that's my special nickname, and I'll answer to it. Others refrain from calling me that though, because of their dislikes of that nickname. When people ask me if I mind that nickname, I say no, because it's true.

To wrap it up here, I do like the name Andrea and I've grown fond of the nickname Andy. :)

This name is nice when pronounced AN-dree-uh. But the pretentious ahn-DRAY-uh pronunciation is hideous and makes me think of snooty girls. I also don't like the nicknames Andi and Drea. Andrea works well on its own.

Another pronunciation for Andrea (2) Feminine is ahn-DREE-ah.

Also a very popular girls name in Croatia, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. [noted -ed]

This is my oldest sister's name, when I hear this name a fun loving, crazy (in a good way), girl that's one of those people you would automatically like no questions asked.

It's my name, and I like it. I used to not like it as I was named after my dad, but strangely enough I started liking it after I learned what it means- manly. It suits me perfectly, since I am not at all a girly-girl and have been accused of having a "butch" voice. I guess I like being different? Haha.

It's a good name for girls like me who don't exactly conform to people's opinions of what a woman should be like. I resent an earlier comment saying it's a horrid name for a girl. Try meeting all the girls in the world before saying that.

I pronounce it as "Ahn-DRAY-ah". Someone mentioned that's how snooty girl's say it? That's ironic, since I'm the one more likely to be looked down upon.

I think this would be cool to combine with Alexandria, like Alexandrea or AlexAndrea (a-lex-on-DREY-ah).

Andrea True was a famous actress/singer, best known for her song "More More More".

Andrea Levy, author of Small Island.

Famous bearer is Andrea from the show "The Walking Dead". I don't think her last name is ever mentioned. Played by Laurie Holden.

Why is this so popular? It's still in the top 100, which is surprising to me. No offense, but this name isn't very pretty and sounds very 70's. Plus, the pronunciations are about 50/50 as far as an-DRAY-a and AN-dria... I don't really like either, I don't know why, they're just not pretty names to me. But at least this name ages well, which is something that can't be said about most names in the top 100.