Andrea
Meaning of Andrea
Andrea glides out of ancient Greece, where Andréas meant “brave and manly,” and lands with a Latin twirl on today’s birth certificates. In Italian it sings as ahn-DREH-ah, while English speakers keep it crisp as an-DREE-uh. The name wears two badges at once: soft elegance and quiet strength. Think of St. Andrea who inspired courage, Andrea Bocelli filling cathedrals with sound, or sporty stars like gymnast Andrea Raducan launching toward gold—each reminds us that Andrea aims high. In the United States she sprinted up the charts in the 1980s, flirted with the Top 25, and still holds a comfy spot in the Top 200 today, proof that classic grace never tires. Parents love that Andrea is familiar yet worldly, feminine yet fearless, and easy for Grandma and abuela alike to pronounce. It feels like sunlight on old cobblestones—warm, timeless, ready for new footsteps.
Pronunciation
Italian
- Pronunced as ahn-DREH-ah (/anˈdre.a/)
British English
- Pronunced as an-DREE-uh (/ˈandrɪə/)
American English
- Pronunced as an-DREE-uh (/ænˌdriə/)
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Notable People Named Andrea
| Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli rose to fame in 1994 after winning the newcomers section at the 44th Sanremo Music Festival with Il mare calmo della sera. |
| Andrea Joy Campbell is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who became Massachusetts attorney general in 2023 after serving as Boston City Council president and running unsuccessfully for mayor in 2021. |
| Andrea Dovizioso is an Italian former motorcycle racer, the 2004 125cc world champion, famed for his Ducati years and runner-up finishes to Marc Marquez from 2017 to 2019, who ended a 2022 stint with WithU Yamaha RNF by retiring after Misano. |
| Andrea Levy was an English novelist born in London to Jamaican parents, best known for Small Island and The Long Song, whose work explores British Jamaican identity. |
| Andrea Maria Nahles is a former German politician who has been director of the Federal Employment Agency since 2022. |
| Andrea Martin is an American and Canadian actress known for SCTV and Great News, the My Big Fat Greek Wedding films, voice roles in Anastasia and The Rugrats Movie, and recent TV work in Evil and Only Murders in the Building. |
| Andrea Mia Ghez is an American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate at UCLA who studies the center of the Milky Way. |
| Andrea Stewart-Cousins is a Democratic New York state senator who has been majority leader since 2019, twice served as acting lieutenant governor, and made history as the first female Senate majority leader and the first Black woman to hold the New York lieutenant governor role in an acting capacity. |
| Andrea Zanzotto was a renowned Italian poet. |
| Andrea Zittel is an American artist based in Joshua Tree whose art and community work investigate how to live and what gives life meaning. |
| Andrea Bajani is an Italian novelist, poet, and journalist, best known for Se consideri le colpe which won major prizes after a debut praised by Antonio Tabucchi. |
| Andrea Rose Fraser is a performance artist known for institutional critique, based in New York and Los Angeles, and a UCLA professor heading the Interdisciplinary Studio. |
| Andrea Orlandi Stabilin is a Spanish former footballer who played as a winger or attacking midfielder and now works as a scout and pundit for LaLiga Plus and La Media Inglesa on English football. |
| Andrea Faye Gibson was an American poet and activist exploring gender, politics, social justice, LGBTQ themes, and mortality, appointed Poet Laureate of Colorado in 2023. |
| Andrea Solari was a Milanese Renaissance painter once known as Andrea del Gobbo and sometimes Andrea del Bartolo, a name shared with other Italian artists. |
