| ![Show Contents]() Andra History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Italy The distinguished surname Andra can be traced back to the ancient and beautiful region of Venice. The people here were known by only a single name until it became necessary for them to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they were characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. Andra is a patronymic surname, a name derived from the father's given name. The surname Andra came from the Greek given name Andreas, which is a name that means manly. The given name Andreas is itself derived from the Greek words aner, andrós, which mean man, and by extension warrior. Early Origins of the Andra familyThe surname Andra was first found in Friuli (Venetian: Friul), an area of northeastern Italy in 1150 with the Andriotti family. This family was known for ownership of several castles in the region, and in 1210 they were made nobility. Early History of the Andra familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Andra research. Another 119 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1311, 1401, 1413, 1462, 1467, 1470, 1474, 1498, 1500, 1548, 1553, 1562, 1576, 1584, 1591, 1604, 1614, 1624, 1654, 1713, 1724, 1737, 1741, 1755, 1760, 1763, 1765 and 1784 are included under the topic Early Andra History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Andra Spelling VariationsEnormous variation in spelling and form characterizes those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. This is caused by two main factors: regional tradition, and inaccuracies in the recording process. Before the last few hundred years, scribes spelled names according to their sounds. Spelling variations were the unsurprising result. The variations of Andra include Andradi, Andrasi, Andre, Andrea, Andreacchio, Andreadi, Andrean, Andreanelli, Andreani, Andreasi, Andretti, Andrei, Andreis, Andrello, Andreol, Andreola, Andreoletti, Andreoli, Andreolo, Andreotta, Andreotti, Andretta, Andreucci, Andreutti, Andreuzzi, Andri, Andria, Andriani, Andrich, Andrini, Andriola, Andrioli, Andriolli, D'Andre, D'Andrea, De Andre, De Andrea, De Andreis, Dreani, Dreas, Dreassi, Drei, Dreini, Dreoni, Dreossi, Dri, Drioli, Drius, Driussi, Driusso and many more. Early Notables of the Andra familyProminent among members of the family was Giorgio Andreoli (c. 1470 - 1553), Italian potter generally considered to be the most important potter of the Italian Renaissance; Iacomo Andrea (d. 1500), an Italian architect from Ferrara, beheaded for plotting against the French; Francesco Andreini, a valiant soldier in Pistoia in 1548; Ippolito Andreasi was a talented painter in Mantua in the same year; Andrea Andreani was a wood carver and printer in Mantua, and in 1584 he published a copy of one of Tiziano's works. In 1576 Giovan Battista Andreini was a popular actor in Florence; Alessandro Andreasi was made a...
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 Andra migration to the United States | + |
Immigrants bearing the name Andra or a variant listed above include:
Andra Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Thomas Andra, aged 46, who arrived in New York City in 1892 aboard the ship "America" from Bremen, Germany 1
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- Andra Martin (1935-2022), born Sandra Rehn, an American actress who appeared in many television series and a few movies, known or her roles in Up Periscope, The Thing That Couldn't Die, Yellowstone Kelly
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Andra migration to the United States 
