Andreína
Meaning
feminine elaboration of Andrea, the Italian form of Greek Andreas; especially beloved in Venezuela
The story
Andreína is the Italian feminine form of Andrea, itself the Italian form of Andreas, the Greek name built on aner, man. Its use in Venezuela is written across four public lives: Andreína Álvarez, Andreína Mujica, Andreína Tarazón and Andreína Pinto, an actress, a journalist, a politician and an Olympic swimmer. All four are Venezuelan, evidence of use there rather than a story about where the name was formed. Brazil's 2022 census caught something remarkable about the name's timing: of 6,009 Andreinas counted, 4,541 were born in the 2000s alone, three of every four, a single-decade concentration that reads like a fashion with a date stamp. The American record barely registers the accented form. An Italian formation with a documented Venezuelan life and one remarkable Brazilian decade.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Andreína does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
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Popularity in Brazil
6,009 people · the #2,410 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 33,333 · median age 21
Among people named Andreína living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 63 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Andreína deep dive
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