[name_f]Do[/name_f] you think the name [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] will take a nosedive in the light of recent events.
I honestly donāt think so. Itās been a very well used name for 100+ years and has so many associations it took me a couple of moments to parse out what [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] you were referring to Iām assuming [name_f]British[/name_f] [name_m]Prince[/name_m]?[name_f][/name_f]. For that reason alone Iām sure it will be used for a long time to come, besides the many of thousands of those who already have the name and their children and grandchildren who may be named in honour of them one day. I can see for the next couple of years it taking a bit of a dip in use? Its already been on a downwards trend since the 90s, but in the US itās never been out of the top 100 and in [name_m]Britain[/name_m] & [name_m]Wales[/name_m] its been on a similar downwards trend too, but is still in the 300s. But itās also a solid, classic name so I wouldnāt be surprised if it didnāt make any noticeable difference in usage since itās already on a slow decline anyway, and again, has so many other famous bearers
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The name is going out of fashion anyway, at least it is here in the UK (ranked #314[name_f][/name_f], used 142 times), so I think it might be hard to judge if any further decline is due to [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] Mountbatten-Windsor. Unless it really plummets by a few hundred places, of course.
[name_f][/name_f]I donāt think the AM-W connection will cause the name to completely nosedive though. Itās a name that I think many people have other associations with, it isnāt a āone person nameā. For me personally, my mum and dad each have a brother named [name_m]Andrew[/name_m], so my own association is with my two uncles. When I hear/see the name, they are the first thing I think of. I also think of [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] [name_m]Garfield[/name_m]. And as @GreenEyes375[name_f][/name_f] has said, there are many other famous bearers.
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No. [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] is a classic name. I donāt think it will affect it at all. [name_f]My[/name_f] motherās maiden name was [name_m]Andrew[/name_m], and her father, [name_m]Cecil[/name_m], was generally known as [name_m]Andy[/name_m], so for me, thatās my main association with the name.
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Honestly, I totally forgot about what the association even was until I opened Helenās spoiler, but I second everything she said.
I think itās a lovely name and there are so many excellent namesakes given its long-time status as a classic.
If you love the name, you definitely donāt need to feel any stress in using it. 
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No. [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] is too classic and well-used to suffer because of only one famous bearer.
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Iām not sure where you live, but in the UK and [name_f]Ireland[/name_f] itās been trending down for years [name_f][/name_f]- not so much because of the former royal but because it was extremely popular from around the 1960s-1990s so itās something of a ādad nameā now.
[name_f][/name_f]I think [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] is simply too common to be tainted by one bad association.
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I donāt think so. When I hear that name I first think of [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] [name_m]Garfield[/name_m], [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] [name_m]Lloyd[/name_m] [name_m]Webber[/name_m], and even the mesmerising [name_f]Julie[/name_f] [name_m]Andrews[/name_m]. 
[name_f][/name_f] The good absolutely outweighs the bad so to speak.
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In the uk maybe, in america no one knows who prince andrew is
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I agree, I donāt think [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Andy[/name_m] will have done it any favours but it wasnāt exactly trending before all that came out. A solid classic, hovering low down the popularity charts but never totally disappearing.
[name_f][/name_f]Maybe in another ten years or so with the rising interest in āboomerā names like [name_f]Janet[/name_f], [name_f]Linda[/name_f] etc it will start to come back?
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It doesnāt feel distinctive enough to be tied exclusively to one person, if that makes sense? Itās a well-used classic borne by multiple well-known people and while I can think of two bad [name_m]Andrews[/name_m] right off, I can also think of several good [name_m]Andrews[/name_m] and several who feel fairly neutral? So while I donāt think itās going to leap up the charts, I donāt think it will fall away?
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