Usual Nicknames; Unexpected Names: Andy

Andy is usually short for the Biblical Andrew and its feminine spin-off Andrea. If you love the nickname, but are bored with the usuals, here're some alternates.

• Boys
• Alexander/Alesander
• Anand (AHN-and, Indian [Hindi])--"happiness"
• Anders (AN-derz, Scandinavian)--form of Andrew
• Andrius (AHN-dree-us, Lithuanian)--another form of Andrew
• Antero (AHN-teyr-o, Finnish)--yet another form of Andrew
• Armando (ar-MAHN-do, Italian, Spanish, & Portuguese)--"soldier"
• Eskandar (es-KAN-dar, Iranian [Persian])--form of Alexander
• Evander (ev-AN-der, Latin)--"good man"
• Ferdinand (FER-de-nand, Germanic)--"brave journeyer"
• Leander (lee-AN-der, Greek)--"lion man"
• Loránd (LOR-ahnd, Hungarian)
• Lysander (lye-SAN-der, Greek)
• Rembrandt (REM-brahnt, Dutch)
• Girls
• Amandine (ahm-ahn-deen, French)
• Andela (ahn-DEL-ah, Czech)--form of Angela
• Andraste (an-DRAHST, Celtic)--Briton goddess of war
• Anthea (an-THAY-ah, Greek)--"flower"
• Celandine (SELL-an-deen, English)
• Coriander (COR-ee-an-der, English)
• Endzela (end-ZEL-a, Georgian)
• Lavender (LAV-en-der, English)
• Melisande (mel-ih-sahnd, French)
• Miranda (meer-AN-da, English)--"wonderful"
• Rosenda (roh-SEN-dah, Spanish)
• Ruxandra (REWKS-ahn-dra, Romanian)--form of Roxana