Andy

Where Andy comes from

Clipping of Andrew + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Andy
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #209 among boys — 58 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1964
    Andy Serkis born
    British actor
  3. 1964
    Peak, #193
    1,470 babies named Andy — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1982
    Andy Roddick born
    American tennis player
  5. 1986
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #289.
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
  • Andy Serkis · British actor, born 1964
  • Andy Roddick · American tennis player, born 1982
  • Andy Garcia · American actor and director, born 1956
  • Andy Dick · American comedian and actor, born 1965
  • Andy Robertson · Scottish association football player, born 1994

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.