MEANING & HISTORY
What does Andy mean?
Andy is a diminutive of Andrew and sometimes of Andrea. The longer names belong to the Greek Andreas family, but the immediate formation of Andy is a familiar shortening with a y ending.
Its use can therefore depend on the bearer’s language and chosen base. The artist Andy Warhol is a well-known association of the short form. The name can stand independently, so its historical relationship does not establish another legal name.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
Clipping of Andrew + -y.
A diminutive of the male given name Andrew, from Ancient Greek.
EnglishEtymology & source
Clipping of Andrea + -y.
A diminutive of the female given name Andrea, from Ancient Greek.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Old English Andreas, from Latin Andreas, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of André, Andreas, Andrei, and Andrey.
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
EnglishEtymology & source
Latinate feminine form of Andreas and Andrew.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Italian Andrea.
A male given name from Italian.
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 Andy
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
Andy Poe
Filipino actor
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Andy Alviz
Filipino musician
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
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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
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Andy Alviz, Andy Poe
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Andy in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Andy
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
- Andoy♂Cebuano diminutive of Andrew
- Andry·Documented spelling relationship with Andri
- Candy♀Familiar form of Candace, influenced by candy
- Randy♂Familiar form of Randall, Randolf or Miranda
- Sandy♂♀Familiar form of Alexander or Sandra
- Ana♀Grace or favour
- Andal·She who rules; Tamil devotional epithet
- André♂Manly; French and Portuguese form of Andreas
What rhymes with Andy?
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Explore Andy 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 Q13627273 — Andy (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Andy Alviz (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q13627273 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Andy Poe (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q13627273 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Andy (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Andy (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Andy (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Andy (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Andrew (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Andrea-2 (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.