Andy

See also: andy

English

Alternative forms

• Andi, Andie, Endy (surname)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ănˈ.di, IPA^(key): /ˈæn.di/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ændi

Etymology 1

Clipping of Andrew + -y.

Proper noun

Andy

1. A diminutive of the male given name Andrew, from Ancient Greek.
   • 2015, Joyce Carol Oates, Jack of Spades, Head of Zeus, →ISBN, page 104:

     "Irina? Call me 'Andy,' please."
     "I think that I would rather call you 'Andrew'."
     This was flattering, somehow. For everyone I knew called me "Andy"―a name comfortable as an old sneaker. There was dignity in "Andrew," and a kind of depth, complexity. Perhaps I began to fall in love with Irina Kacinzk for seeing more in me than I saw in myself at the time.
     Of course, from time to time, Irina has called me "Andy." In her most affectionate moments, when she feels comfortable in my love, she even calles me "dear"―"darling."

   • 2016 September 11, Emily Power, “Main bathroom reveals on The Block: hold on for the bathroom without a toot”, in Domain News:

     But Andy and Ben, they are lovers, not fighters … and they are going the battered sav.

2. A surname.

Derived terms

• Andy McNab

Translations

pet form of Andrew or its equivalent in the language concerned

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安迪 (Āndí)

• Czech: Ondra (cs)
• Finnish: Ana (fi)
• French: Andy (fr) m or f
• German: Andi
• Hungarian: Andris (hu), Bandi (hu)
• Spanish: Andy (es) m or f

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Andy is the 34465^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 657 individuals. Andy is most common among White (59.06%), Black/African American (17.5%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (12.18%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Clipping of Andrea + -y.

Proper noun

Andy

1. A diminutive of the female given name Andrea, from Ancient Greek.

Etymology 3

Originates from the live streams of IRL streamer Ice Poseidon on the live streaming service Twitch in early 2017; comedian and actor Andy Milonakis frequently appeared on Ice Poseidon's streams before being supplemented by one Andy Martin, who was given the byname "Mexican Andy" to distinguish him from Milonakis—himself dubbed "Sitting Andy" in June. Subsequently, Ice Poseidon and his audience began referring to people who appeared on his streams by the name Andy and the term spread to other channels on Twitch by late 2017 as a generic name for any Twitch streamer.

Noun

Andy (plural Andys or Andies)

1. (Internet slang, Twitch-speak) A streamer on live streaming service Twitch.
   • 2020 October 26, Hasan Piker, Twitter‎^[3]:

     trump is now a react andy like myself

   • 2021 June 4, anaxchu, Twitter‎^[4]:

     dream stans pulling out the "he has adhd" card to hasan fucking piker the biggest adhd andy on twitch it's so funny

   • 2022 October 3, shylilytwitch, Twitter‎^[5]:

     Why is this video going viral? 500k views almost on my Twitch channel 😂It's not even funny Oh hello LSF andy's 👋

2. A person of any particular kind.

   VS Code Andy

Usage notes

Often used as a snowclone, as in react Andy, or preceded by a number, such as 4K, to indicate the number of viewers one's channel has.

See also

• Andreas
• Drew

Anagrams

• dyna

Czech

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English Andes and Spanish Andes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈandɪ]
• Rhymes: -andɪ
• Hyphenation: An‧dy

Proper noun

Andy f pl (relational adjective andský)

1. Andes (a mountain range in South America).

Declension

Declension of Andy (pl-only hard feminine)

	plural
nominative	Andy
genitive	And
dative	Andám
accusative	Andy
vocative	Andy
locative	Andách
instrumental	Andami

Further reading

• “Andy”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Andy”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Andy” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “Andy”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Polish

Andy

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English Andes and Spanish Andes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.dɘ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -andɘ
• Syllabification: An‧dy

Proper noun

Andy nvir pl (related adjective andyjski)

1. Andes (a mountain range in South America)

Declension

Declension of Andy

	plural
nominative	Andy
genitive	Andów
dative	Andom
accusative	Andy
instrumental	Andami
locative	Andach
vocative	Andy

Derived terms

nouns

• andynista
• andynistka
• andynizm

Further reading

• Andy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Andy in PWN's encyclopedia

Slovak

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English Andes and Spanish Andes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈandi]

Proper noun

Andy f pl (genitive singular Ánd, declension pattern of žena)

1. Andes (a mountain range in South America).

Declension

Declension of Andy

	plurale tantum
nominative	Andy
genitive	Ánd
dative	Andám
accusative	Andy
locative	Andách
instrumental	Andami

Further reading

• “Andy”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025