most male names starting in "And" are from Greek "andro'" meaning male

Anders

Andreas

Andrew

etc

sometimes, the baby wasn't a boy, as expected or hoped, so a girly suffix was added, so you get "Andrea" and such

same phoenomenon can be seen with other male names:

Josephine

Gregoria

Petra

Pauline

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