Name: Andrea
Gender: Female
Usage: Andrea, of breton origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Andrea are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay.
Variants: For another variant of the name Andrea across the world, see Andreas, Andréa.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Andrea is: Man, Courageous.
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Numerology of the first name Andrea: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Andrea is ranked on the 85th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 5205500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.072% of the population. The name Andrea has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Andrea for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Andrea is 30 November.
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History and Origin
Andrea (/ˈændriə, ˈɑːn-, ɑːnˈdreɪə/) is a given name which is common worldwide, cognate to Andrew.
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.
1 (m.) Italian equivalent of Andrew.
2 (f.) English: of disputed origin. It has been in use since the 17th century, although never common. It is now generally taken as a feminine equivalent of Andreas, and this probably represents its actual origin. However, it was not in use in the Middle Ages, and the suggestion has also been made that it represents an independent coinage in English from the Greek vocabulary word andreia manliness, virility.
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29 December 2015
"Andrea" comes from ancient Greek and means "Bold MAN"/"Valiant warrior". It is thus not a name for girls but a male name. St. Andrea was a man, not a woman. The fact it ends in -A has created the error, especially in the U.S.A. and norhern Europe. Luca too is a male name, although ending in A, as well as many others like Isaia, Elia etc.
20 December 2015
Wonderful! Thank you for the information--I was born in 1979, so close to the peak use of the name!
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