Andrea

Where Andrea comes from

Latinate feminine form of Andreas and Andrew.
— Wiktionary's entry for Andrea
  • Ancient Greek
  • Italian
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #830 among girls, 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.