Feminine form of Andrew, from Greek 'andreios' meaning 'brave, manly.' Used as an independent name.
Andria is the feminine form of Andreas, the Greek name meaning manly, brave, or warrior-like, from the root aner (genitive andros), meaning man. It is the direct ancestor of the English Andrew, the Scots Andro, the Italian Andrea (used for both sexes in Italy), and the Spanish Andrés. Andria itself feels more Mediterranean than its English equivalents, carrying the warmth of southern European naming traditions while remaining immediately legible to English speakers.
Andria is also the name of a small but historically significant city in the Puglia region of southern Italy, known for its Norman-era Castel del Monte — the striking octagonal fortress built by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II around 1240 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city's name may derive from the ancient Greek settlement in the area, connecting geography and personal name through the same Hellenic root. This double identity — person and place — gives Andria a quiet geographical poetry that many names lack.
As a given name, Andria is less common than Andrea but has been used steadily across Italy, Greece, and their diaspora communities, as well as in parts of Wales and Scotland where Andrea has been a recognized name since at least the Middle Ages. It avoids the mid-century American ubiquity of Andrea (which peaked in the 1970s and 80s in the United States) while carrying the same essential character: strong, classical, and versatile across cultures. For a child who will move between worlds — linguistic, cultural, or simply social — Andria is a name that fits cleanly into many contexts without ever quite losing its distinctiveness.