Andy Forename
3,011th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 346,694 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada
Andy Forename Definition:
A contraction, more general in Ireland than in England, of Andrew. The best-known holder of the name is Andy Rooney, that whimsical character who, in Samuel Lover’s humorous novel Handy Andy, 1842, has a ‘genius’ for doing things the wrong way.
Read More About This ForenameAndy Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 134,801 | 1:2,689 | 476 |
| Indonesia | 98% | 48,903 | 1:5,275 | 642 |
| Philippines | 99% | 32,581 | 1:3,254 | 598 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 15,329 | 1:11,584 | 1,444 |
| Canada | 100% | 12,495 | 1:2,652 | 506 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 11,185 | 1:2,113 | 513 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7,360 | 1:4,104 | 564 |
| Peru | 96% | 6,142 | 1:5,176 | 777 |
| Belgium | 100% | 5,758 | 1:1,995 | 452 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 5,409 | 1:5,629 | 646 |
| Germany | 100% | 4,979 | 1:19,417 | 918 |
| Ecuador | - | 4,976 | 1:3,562 | 469 |
| England | 100% | 4,240 | 1:13,114 | 958 |
| Papua New Guinea | 91% | 3,696 | 1:2,206 | 258 |
| Haiti | 100% | 3,224 | 1:3,327 | 504 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2,997 | 1:1,185 | 182 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 2,632 | 1:517 | 52 |
| Singapore | 100% | 2,426 | 1:2,592 | 370 |
| Mexico | 87% | 2,234 | 1:55,570 | 1,972 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 2,068 | 1:35,700 | 2,554 |
| South Africa | 92% | 2,006 | 1:27,185 | 3,415 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,840 | 1:9,300 | 1,066 |
| Sudan | - | 1,785 | 1:21,180 | 2,091 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,767 | 1:2,567 | 458 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,625 | 1:6,419 | 875 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,563 | 1:1,205 | 279 |
| Chile | 95% | 1,274 | 1:13,820 | 902 |
| Honduras | 100% | 1,268 | 1:6,954 | 806 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,149 | 1:7,148 | 855 |
| Costa Rica | 95% | 957 | 1:4,982 | 637 |
| Guatemala | 86% | 947 | 1:17,010 | 1,111 |
| Panama | 100% | 947 | 1:4,125 | 746 |
| Taiwan | 91% | 734 | 1:32,384 | 5,439 |
| Spain | 100% | 732 | 1:63,566 | 2,282 |
| Colombia | 68% | 688 | 1:69,446 | 2,671 |
| Thailand | 100% | 682 | 1:102,736 | 8,616 |
| Egypt | 75% | 607 | 1:151,402 | 6,063 |
| Ghana | 100% | 562 | 1:48,018 | 2,599 |
| Brazil | 100% | 549 | 1:390,230 | 13,906 |
| Kenya | 98% | 539 | 1:85,913 | 4,809 |
| Liberia | 98% | 539 | 1:8,186 | 818 |
| France | 99% | 528 | 1:125,891 | 2,497 |
| India | 99% | 512 | 1:2,372,809 | 116,977 |
| Denmark | - | 476 | 1:11,869 | 927 |
| Congo | 81% | 462 | 1:10,842 | 1,372 |
| Guyana | 100% | 458 | 1:1,667 | 308 |
| Nicaragua | 93% | 452 | 1:13,315 | 1,225 |
| Romania | 100% | 388 | 1:51,680 | 2,893 |
| Zambia | - | 368 | 1:43,084 | 2,859 |
| Suriname | 100% | 329 | 1:1,680 | 382 |
| Zimbabwe | 89% | 304 | 1:50,736 | 4,408 |
| Namibia | - | 302 | 1:7,961 | 1,024 |
| Bahamas | - | 284 | 1:1,406 | 337 |
| Jamaica | - | 267 | 1:10,799 | 1,192 |
| Sweden | 98% | 266 | 1:37,060 | 2,154 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 248 | 1:2,343 | 385 |
| Cuba | - | 245 | 1:46,966 | 1,508 |
| Botswana | 100% | 237 | 1:9,217 | 1,351 |
| Grenada | 97% | 222 | 1:487 | 57 |
| Israel | 86% | 222 | 1:37,851 | 2,672 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 220 | 1:48,188 | 1,981 |
| El Salvador | - | 211 | 1:30,056 | 1,282 |
| Cameroon | 81% | 181 | 1:119,395 | 5,908 |
| Swaziland | - | 179 | 1:7,264 | 1,100 |
| Barbados | - | 166 | 1:1,746 | 393 |
| Belize | 100% | 155 | 1:2,286 | 523 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 154 | 1:3,663 | 454 |
| Scotland | 99% | 153 | 1:34,970 | 1,292 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 141 | 1:1,105 | 314 |
| Saint Lucia | 87% | 136 | 1:1,307 | 224 |
| Senegal | 59% | 131 | 1:111,308 | 3,016 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99% | 126 | 1:886 | 118 |
| Wales | 100% | 125 | 1:24,754 | 1,233 |
| French Polynesia | - | 124 | 1:2,241 | 487 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 123 | 1:753 | 173 |
| Australia | - | 119 | 1:114,770 | 3,876 |
| Uganda | 93% | 112 | 1:365,687 | 9,750 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 107 | 1:12,129 | 1,457 |
| Ivory Coast | 69% | 97 | 1:237,896 | 11,246 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 93 | 1:36,856 | 1,545 |
| Marshall Islands | 90% | 83 | 1:617 | 46 |
| Dominica | - | 73 | 1:1,034 | 190 |
| Norway | 100% | 60 | 1:85,539 | 2,933 |
| Paraguay | 87% | 59 | 1:122,658 | 2,703 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 56 | 1:980 | 209 |
| Austria | 100% | 54 | 1:157,670 | 2,668 |
| Brunei | 100% | 43 | 1:9,757 | 724 |
| New Caledonia | - | 43 | 1:6,283 | 793 |
| Lebanon | 62% | 42 | 1:133,990 | 3,633 |
| Finland | 97% | 34 | 1:161,270 | 3,034 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 32 | 1:3,106 | 634 |
| Guam | - | 31 | 1:5,182 | 901 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 28 | 1:2,189 | 487 |
| Northern Ireland | 96% | 27 | 1:68,265 | 1,323 |
| Albania | 97% | 26 | 1:117,176 | 7,651 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 26 | 1:1,202 | 282 |
| Czechia | 82% | 26 | 1:409,852 | 2,291 |
| American Samoa | - | 23 | 1:2,428 | 422 |
| Afghanistan | 70% | 21 | 1:1,553,501 | 15,583 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 18 | 1:136,598 | 3,266 |
| Estonia | 100% | 17 | 1:77,375 | 3,612 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 17 | 1:2,042 | 490 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 16 | 1:6,859 | 1,021 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Italy | 84% | 13 | 1:4,697,084 | 22,664 |
| Micronesia | - | 13 | 1:8,192 | 561 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 13 | 1:4,060,640 | 25,595 |
| Argentina | 90% | 12 | 1:3,564,437 | 10,379 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Benin | 100% | 10 | 1:1,057,584 | 26,153 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 9 | 1:58,795 | 2,536 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 8 | 1:4,732 | 469 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Cook Islands | - | 6 | 1:3,026 | 469 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Ukraine | 60% | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Lesotho | 67% | 5 | 1:407,999 | 22,262 |
| Niger | 60% | 5 | 1:3,836,799 | 37,767 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,282 | 1,318 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Jersey | 100% | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Moldova | 100% | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Croatia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 2 | 1:8,451,042 | 32,813 |
| Pakistan | - | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Angola | 100% | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | 87% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | 100% | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1 | 1:7,151,993 | 94,323 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Ändy (2) are calculated separately.
Andy (20,643) may also be a surname.
Andy Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A contraction, more general in Ireland than in England, of Andrew. The best-known holder of the name is Andy Rooney, that whimsical character who, in Samuel Lover’s humorous novel Handy Andy, 1842, has a ‘genius’ for doing things the wrong way.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
User-submitted Reference
This forename comes from the French and the Portuguese form of the Greek name Andreas (in Greek: Ἀνδρέας). The name derives from the Greek noun ἀνήρ anēr, with genitive ἀνδρός andros, which means 'man' (as opposed to 'woman'), thus meaning 'manly' and, as consequence, 'brave', 'strong', 'courageous', and 'warrior'.
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Andy Demographics
Andy Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 370 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
Andy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Andy in the Russian language | ||
| Андй | andj | - |
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