Is Andie a good nn for Andrea?

Girl Names
1

My name has always been inportant to me. It is [name_u]Andrea[/name_u]. I don’t love it but i don’t hate it. The thing is I don’t really like the typography of it with my surname. what I do like is that it is strong and formal. I don’t like it is a boys’ name in a lot of countries.

I live in Spain and It is a totally common name for girls. And it is sweet, with spanish pronunciation (there is something about how it is said in english that I dislike)

I go to school with an [name_f]Andreina[/name_f] and an [name_m]Andres[/name_m] ([name_m]Andrew[/name_m] in spanish)
[name_f]Andreina[/name_f] goes by “[name_f]Ina[/name_f]”, and I go by [name_f]Andie[/name_f].
Our default nn here is “[name_u]Andre[/name_u]” but we find it very masculine as it’s our french teacher’s name.

We are [name_f]Andie[/name_f] & [name_f]Ina[/name_f]. I’ve been thinking about making [name_f]Andie[/name_f] more than a nickname. You know how [name_m]Alberto[/name_m] goes by “[name_m]Beto[/name_m]” and [name_f]Angela[/name_f] goes by “[name_u]Angie[/name_u]”.
That’s what I want [name_f]Andie[/name_f] to be, pretty much my name. Could I use it as professional name? I’ll soon study film and I would like to go by “[name_f]Andie[/name_f] [name_f]Fern[/name_f]ández” instead of “[name_u]Andrea[/name_u] [name_f]Fern[/name_f]ández”. Does it sound good to you? What do you find more youthful? More serious? Would you asume [name_u]Andrea[/name_u] [name_f]Fern[/name_f]ández is a boy when you see it in credits?

2

[name_f]Andie[/name_f] is the default English nickname for [name_u]Andrea[/name_u]. It definitely works.

3

[name_u]Andrea[/name_u] is a very feminine name in [name_f]Canada[/name_f]. [name_f]Andie[/name_f] is more of a youthful name and a little less feminine.

4

I’m not too fond of [name_u]Andrea[/name_u] myself, as I find it rather bland and dated (based on the English pronunciation & Australian usage) but I do love [name_f]Andie[/name_f] and always have, so of course my vote goes to ‘standalone’ [name_f]Andie[/name_f]. [name_f]Andie[/name_f] is a very intuitive nickname for [name_u]Andrea[/name_u] so I think it definitely works and without any stretch. All you’d need to do is introduce (and refer to) yourself more as ‘[name_f]Andie[/name_f]’.

5

I think [name_f]Andie[/name_f] is a great nickname for [name_u]Andrea[/name_u]! When it’s spelled like “[name_f]Andie[/name_f]” I would assume it’s a girl, while the “[name_u]Andy[/name_u]” spelling would make me think it’s a boy. [name_m]Just[/name_m] start introducing yourself as [name_f]Andie[/name_f] and using it for everything that isn’t a formal document and it’ll become natural in a little while :).

6

Yes, but I prefer the spelling [name_f]Andi[/name_f].