Andreia
Feminine · “courage”
Andreia is the Greek word for courage. It is built on the ordinary word for a man, which is how Greek got there — courage was manliness in that vocabulary, and the philosophers who listed the four cardinal virtues used this word for one of them. It is also, quite separately, the Portuguese spelling of Andrea, and both are behind the name in America.
How old is the name Andreia?
Andreia first appears in US birth records in 1945 — 80 years ago. The typical Andreia alive today was born around 1990, making them about 35 years old. About 600 people named Andreia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Andreia most popular?
Andreia peaked in 1980, reaching #3411 nationally. Today it ranks #14942, 11,531 places below that high. See the whole 1980 chart.
Where it comes from
From andreia to Andreia
The story of Andreia
Andreas was a Greek man's name and became a Christian one through the apostle; the feminine Andrea followed in Latin and spread across Europe. Portuguese writes it Andreia — the language uses -eia where Spanish and Italian use -ea — and it is entirely standard in Portugal and Brazil. American records show it from 1945, arriving through Portuguese and Brazilian families, and it has stayed rare here. That the same letters spell an abstract Greek virtue is a coincidence worth having.
Meaning
courage, manliness
From the Greek andreia, courage — built on aner, a man, in its stem form andros. Plato counts it among the four cardinal virtues alongside wisdom, temperance and justice, and Aristotle spends a chapter on it. The personal name Andrew comes from the same root, so the two are relatives rather than lookalikes.
How the name formed
- andreia
- Andreas
- Andrea
- Andreia
Related forms: Andreia · Andrea · Andreia · Andreea
Pronouncing Andreia
ahn-DRAY-ah
Three syllables, stress in the middle, in Portuguese. Greek says the abstract noun with the weight further back. English speakers usually say ahn-DREE-uh, treating it as a spelling of Andrea.
Nicknames for Andreia
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1945
- Most girls named
- 198024 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3411reached in 1980
- Change vs 2024
- −16.7%5 in 2025, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Andreia in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Andreia in Portuguese — same name
- Andrea in Italian — same name
- Andreia in Greek — transliteration
- Andreea in Romanian — same name
Andreias among us
people named Andreia are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 321,453 born in 2025 was named Andreia
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Andreia
- #14942
- Andreia on the 2025 chart
- #948
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Andreia went to 5 girls in 2025, but Andreya is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 12, which makes it the 948th most-given girls’ name of the year — 13,994 places above the chart.
- Andreya7
- Andreia5
About 1 girl in 133,939 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 321,453 for Andreia itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Juanetta test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Andreia's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Juanetta climbed just as high around 1933, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Juanetta's path sketches the road Andreia is walking now.
Andreia sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Andreia beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Andreia in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The Greek word behind it names one of the four cardinal virtues, which is a substantial thing to carry.
- Andi is available in English and Deia in Portuguese, so the name has a form for either room.
- It is standard in two countries rather than an American variation.
- Three open syllables that survive any accent intact.
- Andrea is far commoner in America and will be written instead.
- In Italy the same name is a man's, which causes confusion on international paperwork.
- The Portuguese and American pronunciations differ in the middle, so relatives may not agree.
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Frequently asked
- How many Andreias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Andreia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Andreia?
- Andreia is one of 2 recorded spellings. Andreya is the more common one — 7 births in 2025 against 5 for Andreia.
- How popular is the name Andreia in 2025?
- Andreia ranks #14942 among US girl names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Andreia?
- About 1 in every 321,453 US girls born in 2025 was named Andreia — 5 in all.
- Will my child share the name Andreia with classmates?
- Andreia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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