Andrea is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
The name Andrea isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Andrea ranks 125. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 15 were named Andrea. In total, there are currently 439,472 people – children, adults and seniors – named Andrea living in the United States, which is approximately 0.13 % of the entire population.
The given name Andrea is a form of Andreas. The first name Andreas stands for ‘the capable’ or ‘the brave’. It is derived from the ancient Greek word ‘andreia’, which can be translated as ‘bravery, prowess’. Andrea is therefore ‘the capable one’ or ‘the brave one’.
What does 'capable' mean? Capable' means having the ability, skill, qualifications, or power necessary to do something. It is often used to describe a person's ability to perform a task or accomplish a goal.
#22 - this is the highest position Andrea has ever reached. Not many names manage to reach such a high popularity in even one of the 140+ years of records. The last time Andrea reached this top spot at the end of the past century in 1978 when 10,614newborn girls were named Andrea. But as our statistics show, Andrea hasn't always been a popular name: in some years of record, most recently in the year 1883, it was given to newborns not at all or at least less than 5 times (a name is only included in the official statistics only if it is given at least 5 times in a year). Nevertheless, the name Andrea has accompanied people in this country for a long time. It turns out that this name fits very well in our modern times. From zero to hero – even if its peak is in the past, Andrea has become a fashionable name after all.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Andrea was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
In 2022, 1,871 newborn girls were given the name Andrea, making this first name #144. Towards the end of the last century, the name had a real flight of fancy and still captivates many people today − just like the music of the 80s. So, the chances to meet a young Andrea are still quite high.
There are only 537 different women’s names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Andrea is one of them. However, Andrea is not equally widespread in all states, but people in Nevada seem to particularly fancy this name – the 2,404 women called Andrea who live here are 0,538% of all female residents and push their name up to #23, easily placing it in the top 100 most common female names in Nevada.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is the most popular first letter for girls’ names. 11.8% of all common girls’ names in the US start with this letter. The second most common first letter in girls' names is S.
With six letters, the name Andrea is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 11.8% of all girls' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs over three times as often as all other letters on average. And, by the way, of all the girls' names that begin with the letter A, the name Ashley is the most common.
If your name is Andrea and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Andrea, you can simply say:
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Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Andrea
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Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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A
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Andrea sounds like this:
