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Andy¹

  • /ˈæn.di/

Rhymes with -ændi

Where it comes from

Clipping of Andrew + -y.

proper noun Andi · Andie · Endy

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Andrew, from Ancient Greek. "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 Kacinz
  2. A surname.

Andy²

  • /ˈæn.di/

Rhymes with -ændi

Where it comes from

Clipping of Andrea + -y.

proper noun Andi · Andie · Endy

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

Andy³

  • /ˈæn.di/

Rhymes with -ændi

Where it comes from

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 Andys · Andies · Andi · Andie · Endy

  1. Internet A streamer on live streaming service Twitch. trump is now a react andy like myself
  2. A person of any particular kind. VS Code Andy

andy⁴

  • /ˈændi/

Rhymes with -ændi

Where it comes from

From android + -y, coined by Philip K. Dick in his 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.

noun andies

  1. slang android Well, no intelligence test would trap such an andy. But then, intelligence tests hadn't trapped an andy in years, not since the primordial, crude varieties of the '70s.

    Similar: replicant

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: andrew, colin, griffith, huh, pandey, adam, andi, ende, ana, indie, circle, indy, siu, trillion, ahn, andie

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name pet form of Andrew or its equivalent in the language concerned

EspañolAndy
中文安迪 Āndí
FrançaisAndy
DeutschAndi

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"andy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/andy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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andy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/andy

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"andy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/andy.

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@misc{andy_2026,
  title = {andy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/andy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}