THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Andrea
Andrea is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Andrea.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈʔandɾea/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˌʔan̪.d̪ɾɛˈja]Standard-Tagalog
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Andrea.
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Andrea (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Latinate feminine form of Andreas and Andrew.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Wiktionary: Andrea (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Italian Andrea.
A male given name from Italian.
Wiktionary: Andrea (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
From Andrés, Andreu.
a female given name, equivalent to English Andrea
Wiktionary: Andrea (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Andrea
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Andrea del Rosario
Filipino actor and model
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Lia Andrea Ramos
Filipino model
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
2
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
9
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Lia Andrea Ramos, Andrea del Rosario
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Andrea in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Girls’ registered births
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Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Andrea
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- André♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Andree♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Andrei♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Andres♂Related to Greek andreios: manly or courageous
- Andrés♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Andrew♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Andray·Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Andry·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Andrea?
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Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Andrea further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q18177321 — Andrea (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Lia Andrea Ramos (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18177321 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Andrea del Rosario (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18177321 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Andrea (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Andrea (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Andrea (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.