Meaning of name Andy

The name Andy has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Andy is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 206 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Andy fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 7 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 219 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Andy in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Andy is very likely a(n) Greek variant of the name Andrew. See other suggested Greek boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Andrew.

The following names are baby names related to Andy and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Andy: Boys - Dorian, Julius, Luke, Theodore, Theron, Girls - Cleora, Dike, Dorcas, Theresa, Velma, Both genders - Damaskenos, George

The name Andy is a variant of Andrew. Other popular variants of the name Andrew are: Adem (Polish), Aindrea, Anders (Scandinavian), Andras (Scottish), Andre (Welsh), Andrea (French), Andreas (Latin), Andres (Estonian), Andrewes, Andrey, Andries (Spanish), Andros, Andru, Andrzej, Andy, Antero (Scandinavian), Drew (English), Dru, Drud, Drugi, Ondrej (Finnish)

We think the name Andy should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Andy to be: A reliable individual

In one word, you might describe Andy as a(n) "reliable" person.

See other "reliable" names for boys.