Well, putting it three times in a row, it makes me think Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel.
But, moving on. Dreya. I saw this on another naming website today, and hmm… I quite like it. What do you think? [name]Andrew[/name]'s been shortened to [name]Drew[/name]; can Andr”a be shortened to Dr”a? Can you picture an individual through her lifetime with the name [name]Drea[/name]? What is she like in your mind? [name]Do[/name] you have a strong sense of “Ooh, I love that name!”/“Ew, I hate that name!”/or are you more neutral? Any major drawbacks come to your mind right away? And how would you spell it?
Thanks in advance for your feedback! [name]Love[/name] that you guys are such a great sounding board for names - NameBerries are the best.
Are you wanting to use [name]Andrea[/name] as the full name with nn [name]Drea[/name] or just [name]Drea[/name] by itself? Here is my honest opinion. It’s not a name that I would personally choose. Although, I wouldn’t choose [name]Drew[/name] over [name]Andrew[/name] either. I don’t see anything wrong with using the full name [name]Andrea[/name] and calling her [name]Drea[/name] for short, but I wouldn’t use [name]Drea[/name] as a stand alone name. If you absolutely don’t want to use [name]Andrea[/name] nn [name]Drea[/name] then I would suggest thinking about [name]Freya[/name] instead. [name]Drea[/name] by itself sounds dreary to me. [name]Freya[/name] sounds light and airy. [name]Hope[/name] this makes sense. lol Good luck!
One of my best friends from college is [name]Andrea[/name] (American pronunciation) so [name]Andrea[/name]/Andr”a is out. Her nn, if anything, was [name]Andy[/name], so I feel like Dreya is different enough that I could still consider it. Overall, I love the creative artistic feel of this name, and it goes great with our last name. That’s the appeal. [name]Freya[/name] seems a little too light/wispy somehow?
I’d love any other suggestions though! Our son’s name is [name]Briggs[/name] [name]Nathaniel[/name], if that helps.
I think it’s good as a nickname, but insubstantial as a given name. I also think people would automatically assume her full name was [name]Andrea[/name] and it would be a pain to always be correcting that. I know quite a few [name]Andreas[/name] with that nickname…I think it’s fine, but pretty common.
I know a woman who has three children and the youngest is named [name]Drea[/name]. While I like the name, because she is the youngest, and her children are usually listed by age, poor [name]Drea[/name] is listed last, after the word “and”. This makes her name constantly confused with [name]Andrea[/name]. What’s worse, she is an identical twin, so she is rarely just [name]Drea[/name]. This may be something to keep in mind as even only children are listed with others in school, work, family, etc.
It makes me think of [name]Dree[/name] [name]Hemingway[/name] (whose full fn is just [name]Dree[/name]) which isn’t a bad thing.
I think I prefer the spelling Dreya out of the three, because to me it looks more like [name]Freya[/name], which is a stand alone name, so it makes Dreya seem less like it should be short for something. Actually, the more I think about it, Dreya is quite nice.
FYI - There is an actress named [name]Drea[/name] de [name]Matteo[/name] (shortened from [name]Andrea[/name]). I would just choose [name]Andrea[/name] and call her [name]Drea[/name] for a nn. Regards, [name]Mischa[/name].
