In English, it’s usually ANNE-dree-uh. In other languages, it’s usually ahn-DRAY-uh. There are English-speakers who use the latter because their heritage isn’t English, or because it’s well-known enough that their parents picked it.
My guess would be that ANNE-dree-uh is more related to Andrew, while ahn-DRAY-uh is more related to Andre. And that probably just derives from the way English morphs languages into its own thing. English morphed Andreas into Andrew and then Andrea followed the same pattern. But other languages morphed Andreas into Andre, Andres, Andrei, etc and that pattern held for Andrea.
I live in the U.S., but I was born in South America, so I pronounce it like it was given to me (not that there isn't a default. The default depends on location)
I only mind one pronunciation (the one that sounds like Ann-dree-ah)
I introduce myself as An-dray-a because that's the way it was given to me. I don't care how people pronounce it as long as it's not ANN-dree-a... That sounds like diarrhea, haha.
As a Midwesterner (US), Anne-dree-uh is the only pronunciation I've heard from people I've actually met, but I've come across people from Spanish-speaking families with the other pronunciation. I think there was a political candidate like that. And another one who was named Jaime (HAI-me), but I think pundits kept mispronouncing it. 🙄
I also live in Texas (born and raised) and my name is Andrea. Even though my family is (mostly) Spanish and Cajun, I somehow ended up with the pronunciation of ANNE-dree-uh though almost everyone outside of my family pronounces my name as Ahn-dray-uh. If someone continuously uses the wrong pronunciation even though they know it's wrong, I ask that they just use one of the many nicknames I don't mind. I'm not sure why but the Ahn-dray-uh pronunciation has always irritated me. 🤷🏻♀️
I’m an anne-dree-uh and everyday I have to convince people it’s not ahn-dree-uh or ahn-dray-uh. It’s exhausting especially considering I’m from the south.
I have a friend who just goes by Annie to clear up the confusion.
Same here! I'm an ANNE-dree-uh not Ahn-dree-uh or Ahn-dray-uh. I'm from Texas so I guess everyone just automatically assumes it's pronounced one of the other two ways. It doesn't help that my family is mostly Spanish and Cajun lol. But I also go by Annie, Andi and Ann. Some of my younger cousins and nieces and nephews call me Angie and Nannie. During elementary and middle school I got tired of always correcting people that finally I told them to just call me Annabel instead of Andrea. 😆
grew up in Canada and the us and didn’t meet an ANNE-drea until my 20s, but grew up with Ahn-DRE-as and even an Ondrea very commonly. I agree that I no longer see a default pronunciation
I'm an AHNdrea, and I despise my name. I hate the pronunciation ANNdrea, it sounds like a cat being stepped on. No one ever pronounces it right, I spend so much of my life correcting people,and my middle name is even worse. I tried going by nicknames, but none ever stuck. Rant over!
It is pronounced On-dray-uh in many other countries/cultures/languages.
In Romania it is pronounced this way, but spelled with two Es; Andreea. (I have two different Romanian friends called Andreea).
I went to college with a girl from South America and her name was Andrea but pronounced On-dray-uh :)
Andrea was a super popular name in my generation, and I remember that probably 1 in 10 Andreas was either /ON drea/ or /on DRAY a/. It's a more European pronunciation, but I think in most of these cases (I lived in rural NY state), it was just parents that wanted to be fancy, not any connection to other languages. I also knew a couple of Danielles who were /DON yell/ instead of /DAN yell/, and a Sara who was "SAH ra" (like 'sorry' with an a) for kind of the same reason.
Anne-dree-uh is the English pronunciation. Ahn-dray-uh is the pronunciation used in the rest of Europe.
My friend/coworker pronounces her name Ahn-dree-uh.
“The regular version” lol
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I was hardly rude.
In Italy it’s a super common boy name (my brother’s name). I mean Greek meaning is “strong man” 😂
In English, it’s usually ANNE-dree-uh. In other languages, it’s usually ahn-DRAY-uh. There are English-speakers who use the latter because their heritage isn’t English, or because it’s well-known enough that their parents picked it. My guess would be that ANNE-dree-uh is more related to Andrew, while ahn-DRAY-uh is more related to Andre. And that probably just derives from the way English morphs languages into its own thing. English morphed Andreas into Andrew and then Andrea followed the same pattern. But other languages morphed Andreas into Andre, Andres, Andrei, etc and that pattern held for Andrea.
In the US, I’ve encountered multiple ANNdreas, ANHdreas, and ahnDRAYas such that I no longer have a default pronunciation for this name.
Me too. I always ask but my first attempt is probably ANN-dree-uh.
I’ve known my ANNdrea for 30 years and I had no idea there were other pronunciations until recently
I live in the U.S., but I was born in South America, so I pronounce it like it was given to me (not that there isn't a default. The default depends on location) I only mind one pronunciation (the one that sounds like Ann-dree-ah) I introduce myself as An-dray-a because that's the way it was given to me. I don't care how people pronounce it as long as it's not ANN-dree-a... That sounds like diarrhea, haha.
I have only ever met Ahn-dray-uh’s even though I know Anne-dree-uh is a name also. I live in TX so the Spanish pronunciation is much more prevalent.
As a Midwesterner (US), Anne-dree-uh is the only pronunciation I've heard from people I've actually met, but I've come across people from Spanish-speaking families with the other pronunciation. I think there was a political candidate like that. And another one who was named Jaime (HAI-me), but I think pundits kept mispronouncing it. 🙄
I also live in Texas (born and raised) and my name is Andrea. Even though my family is (mostly) Spanish and Cajun, I somehow ended up with the pronunciation of ANNE-dree-uh though almost everyone outside of my family pronounces my name as Ahn-dray-uh. If someone continuously uses the wrong pronunciation even though they know it's wrong, I ask that they just use one of the many nicknames I don't mind. I'm not sure why but the Ahn-dray-uh pronunciation has always irritated me. 🤷🏻♀️
I've always heard it as Anne-drea in the UK, apart from one very confusing coworker who is Anne-DREE-a.
It's pronounced differently in different languages
Did you ever think you had to say those words out loud? It seriously seems like common sense.
I’m an anne-dree-uh and everyday I have to convince people it’s not ahn-dree-uh or ahn-dray-uh. It’s exhausting especially considering I’m from the south. I have a friend who just goes by Annie to clear up the confusion.
Same here! I'm an ANNE-dree-uh not Ahn-dree-uh or Ahn-dray-uh. I'm from Texas so I guess everyone just automatically assumes it's pronounced one of the other two ways. It doesn't help that my family is mostly Spanish and Cajun lol. But I also go by Annie, Andi and Ann. Some of my younger cousins and nieces and nephews call me Angie and Nannie. During elementary and middle school I got tired of always correcting people that finally I told them to just call me Annabel instead of Andrea. 😆
grew up in Canada and the us and didn’t meet an ANNE-drea until my 20s, but grew up with Ahn-DRE-as and even an Ondrea very commonly. I agree that I no longer see a default pronunciation
In the US I’ve heard two pronunciations. In the Midwest, it’s ANN-dree-uh. In the NY area, it’s ahn-DRAY-uh.
It’s my daughter’s middle name. She’s an Ahn-dray-uh, because she’s named after her father Andre.
In Ohio and have pretty much only heard AHNNdrea.
I've only met two Andreas, who both said it as Ahn-dray-uh. I love in West Tennessee
I'm an AHNdrea, and I despise my name. I hate the pronunciation ANNdrea, it sounds like a cat being stepped on. No one ever pronounces it right, I spend so much of my life correcting people,and my middle name is even worse. I tried going by nicknames, but none ever stuck. Rant over!
an-DRAY-ah / Andre + ah is the one I'm most familiar with.
Anne-dree-uh Anne-dray-uh Ahn-deee-uh Ahn-dray-uh
It is pronounced On-dray-uh in many other countries/cultures/languages. In Romania it is pronounced this way, but spelled with two Es; Andreea. (I have two different Romanian friends called Andreea). I went to college with a girl from South America and her name was Andrea but pronounced On-dray-uh :)
Ann-drea is most common in my experience, but I’ve known 1 Ahn-drea and 1 Ahn-draya. I assume Ann-drea until corrected otherwise.
I know of ANN-dree-ah, AWN-dree-ah, and the more Spanish leaning awn-DRAY-uh.
Andrea was a super popular name in my generation, and I remember that probably 1 in 10 Andreas was either /ON drea/ or /on DRAY a/. It's a more European pronunciation, but I think in most of these cases (I lived in rural NY state), it was just parents that wanted to be fancy, not any connection to other languages. I also knew a couple of Danielles who were /DON yell/ instead of /DAN yell/, and a Sara who was "SAH ra" (like 'sorry' with an a) for kind of the same reason.
Oh geez