"Andrea" meaning in English

See Andrea in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈændɹi.ə/, /ænˈdɹeɪə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Andrea (girl).wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Andrea (boy).wav
Etymology: Latinate feminine form of Andreas and Andrew. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Andrea
  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Translations (female given name): Andrea (Czech), Andrea (Esperanto), Andra (Estonian), Andrea [feminine] (Faroese), Andrée (French), Andrea [feminine] (Galician), Ανδρεία (Andreía) [feminine] (Greek), ʻAnakalia (Hawaiian), Andrea (Hungarian), Andreina [feminine] (Italian), Anda [feminine] (Latvian), Andreia [feminine] (Portuguese), Andrea [feminine] (Slovak), Andrea [feminine] (Spanish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈændɹi.ə/, /ænˈdɹeɪə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Andrea (girl).wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Andrea (boy).wav
Etymology: From Italian Andrea. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|Andrea}} Italian Andrea Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Andrea
  1. (rare) A male given name from Italian. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-Andrea-en-name-ioHRQYcr Categories (other): English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names Disambiguation of English unisex given names: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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