Andreína
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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.
How popular is Andreína around the world?
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. In Montevideo, 2 girls named Andreína were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
Andreína is on the official records of Montevideo, Brazil, Chile, Spain and Argentina.
United States
under 5 a year
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.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Montevideo City
1 in 12,000 · 2011
In Montevideo, 2 girls named Andreína were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Brazil
1 in 33,000
At the 2022 census, 6,009 people in Brazil were named Andreína, ranked 2,410th, with a median age of 21.
Among people named Andreína living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
The census also counted 63 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Chile
1 in 36,000
In Chile, 5 girls were registered as Andreína in 2021, every accent spelling counted together, most often written Andreina.
share of that year’s name registrations
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
Spain
1 in 86,000
In Spain, 523 residents are named Andreína, ranked 2,223rd among women, with a mean age of 37.6 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Argentina
1 in 130,000
In Argentina, 5 newborns were given the name Andreína in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Mexico City City
last on record 2019
Andreína is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
South Australia
last on record 2012
Andreína is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Not on the record in Puerto Rico, England and Wales, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Scotland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
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The Andreína deep dive
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