English

Proper noun

Andrea

1. A female given name.
   • 2003 Jack Weyland, Everyone Gets Married in the End, Cedar Fort, ISBN 0882907506, page 157:

     There's not much you can do with a name like Andrea. "Call me And." I don't think so. "Call me Andy." You say that and people will start calling you Handy Andy, and before you know it, you'll be getting phones calls from people wanting you to come and get their drain unstopped. So I've been forced to have people call me Andrea, which sounds like a girl who takes ballet and is learning to play the cello.

Usage notes

• Recorded since the Middle Ages, but first popular in the latter half of the 20th century.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Italian Andrea.

Proper noun

Andrea

1. (rare) A male given name.

Czech

Proper noun

Andrea f

1. A female given name, cognate to Andrea.

Danish

Proper noun

Andrea

1. A female given name, feminine form of Andreas.

Faroese

Proper noun

Andrea

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Andrea: Andreuson
• daughter of Andrea: Andreudóttir

Declension

German

Proper noun

Andrea

1. A female given name, feminine form of Andreas.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒndrɛɒ]
• Hyphenation: And‧rea

Proper noun

Andrea

1. A female given name, feminine form of András.

Declension

Derived terms

• Andi (diminutive)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας ‎(Andréas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [anˈd̪rɛː.a], /anˈdrɛa/

Proper noun

Andrea m

1. Andrew (Biblical figure)
2. A male given name, cognate to English Andrew.

Anagrams

• andare

Latin

Noun

Andreā

1. ablative singular of Andreās
2. vocative singular of Andreās

Norwegian

Proper noun

Andrea

1. A female given name, feminine form of Andreas.

Slovak

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Andrea f ‎(genitive Andrey, nominative plural Andrey)

1. A female given name, cognate to Andrea.

Declension

Etymology 2

From Italian Andrea.

Proper noun

Andrea m ‎(genitive Andreu, nominative plural Andreovia) declension pattern hrdina

1. (rare) A male given name.

Declension

References

• Andrea in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠nˈð̞re̞.a], [a̠nˈdre̞.a]

Etymology

See Andrés (ultimately from Latin and this from Ancient Greek).

Proper noun

Andrea ‎(f)

1. A female given name, feminine form of Andrés, equivalent to English female given name Andrea.

Anagrams

Swedish

Proper noun

Andrea

1. A female given name, feminine form of Andreas.

Romanian

Alternative forms

• undrea (Muntenia, Transylvania)
• îndrea (dated, rare)

Noun

andrea f ‎(plural andrele)

synonym of undrea:

1. knitting needle
2. (popular) December

Related terms

• Sânandrei, Sântândrea
• undrea, îndrea

See also

• ac
• împleti