Andrea

Andrea is the Italian form of Andrew, from the Greek Andreas, which is based on aner, andros, meaning man, and so carries the sense manly. In Italy it is traditionally a masculine name, borne by the architect Andrea Palladio, whose villas in the Veneto inspired the Palladian style, by the painter Andrea Mantegna, and by the tenor Andrea Bocelli. In most other European languages, including English, German and Spanish, Andrea is used as a feminine name, as with the German politician Andrea Nahles. Saint Andrew the Apostle, brother of Peter, is the source of the name’s Christian spread.