Push?

[3waycross]

Only in Italy and France would you find a man named Andrea. (well, maybe too, in Quebec Canada)

Andrea---Andrew
Stefano--Stephan
Guiseppe--Joseph
Vittorio--Victor
Vincenzo-Vincent
Paolo--Paul
Guistino--Justin
Luigi--Louis
Michele--Michael
Giovanni--John
etc.etc...........................

So what's your point. These names werent invented in Texas. We changed them they didn't. The only thing unusual about Andrea is that generally in romance languages the vowel at the end of the name denotes masculine or feminine gender i.e. Giovanna-feminine, Giovanni masculine. The name Andrea must be an outlier of some sort or it's gender neutral.

 

[greybeard]

Yep--I looked into it before I posted that, which is why I said 'only in Italy and France".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea#Usage

(Basque area can be SE France or NE Spain)

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

I dated a girl from Wichita Falls named Andrea when I was in college.

 

[cow pollinater]

I dated a girl from Wichita Falls named Andrea when I was in college.

Could she sing?

 

[3waycross]

Not like Bocelli

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

I dated a girl from Wichita Falls named Andrea when I was in college.

Could she sing?

Beats me, I was more interested in....well, never mind.

 

[TexasBred]

Andrea Bocelli and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir - …: http://youtu.be/G290ttZR_rM

Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!