Adrea

History & Origin

Adrea reads as a pared-down Andrea, the long-established feminine form of the Greek Andreas, from andros meaning 'man' - hence the traditional gloss 'brave' or 'manly'. The clipped spelling appeared as Andrea itself was thriving, and it borrows that name's grace while nodding faintly toward Audra.

It was always scarce, hovering at a few dozen girls a year and cresting quietly around 1982 before trailing off in the following decades. Adrea comes across as a personal respelling rather than a name in its own right, and it has never gathered enough use to be called revived.