Andy for a girl

[NobleAndMostAncient]

WDYT of the name Andy? It's been my favourite name for a while and I wasn't sure what other people thought of it.

Also what coud it be short for? I'm not keen on Andrea or Andra (sorry). I love Andromeda, but not sure if that's too much for a child.

i would spell it Andie if its for a girl...its alot more popular for girls than you think!

It's not in adulthood that it would worry me . Obviously as soon as you see or hear a female Sam it's quite clear it's a Samantha.
But for children in school uniforms it isn't always so obvious. I have seen little children get very upset when an adult stranger calls them a boy/girl by mistake....at the very least all their class mates laugh.

I know an Andrena which I think is lovely. You could have that on the Birth certificate and shorten to Andie.

"But for children in school uniforms it isn't always so obvious"

Well, most of the children in school uniform I know are pretty obviously masculine or feminine.... and the little Morgans, Alex's and Charlies I know (both genders) have not been mistaken for the other gender once people get to know them.

Obviously not once people get to know them!

It is just a matter of opinion. There are lots of wonderful names for boys and for girls, and I prefered not to go for unisex names.

I quite like it especially spelt Andie.

I know girls called Finley, Cameron & Dylan.

I'm an Andrea - when I was a teen I was Andi, but never andy cos it sounds too boyish.

I would steer clear of giving a girl Andy as her full name, as it really is too boyish. (and naming her Andrea gives her the choice to change if she wants to)

Sorry.

ps: mine's pronounced bog standard way, but when I met a friend at 6th form ,she said it And-rey-a and it was soooo pretty.

didn't last long though, cos everyone else pronounced it the normal way. :(

poppy's got an idea though - you could use Andy as a nickname for Alexandra...

Is it a short form of Andrea or Adriana? If so, then I like these. Not a fan of Andy on its own - very cute for a baby, but too casual for a grown up...