Meaning of the nameAndra
- Female
- An-dra
Andra is a female name whose origin in Brazil is uncertain; in Estonian and Latvian there is a name Andra, a feminine form of Andres and of Andris.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,357 people named Andra, the 6,731st most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 34, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.
Meaning
The meaning of Andra is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 1,357
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,731
- Median age
- 34 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,323
- people
Andra in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Andra, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (437 people).
1,298 women 59 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Andra is most common
States with the highest share of people named Andra in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pará 0.001%
- Bahia 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 218 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 132 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 112 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 108 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 81 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 68 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 61 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 60 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 57 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 56 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 54 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 48 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 38 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 34 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 34 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 33 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 26 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 24 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 20 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 20 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 17 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Andra
The origin of the spelling Andra in Brazil is uncertain. Wiktionary records Andra as a female name in Estonian, a modern form of Andres, and in Latvian, a feminine form of Andris, but does not indicate a link to its use in Brazil. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Handra as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,357 people named Andra, with a median age of 34; proportionally, it is most common in Pará.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Andra · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Andra · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Andra
What does the name Andra mean?
The meaning of Andra is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Andra in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,357 people with the first name Andra, which ranks it number 6,731 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Andra a boy's or a girl's name?
Andra is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,298 women and 59 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Andra most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.001% of the state's population is named Andra (112 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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