Several around here used Andy for Andreas/Anders/Andrew for a nickname. All from Norway. Margit > On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 03:26:50 GMT, Phil Baun > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> To me, Margit's findings seem quite plausible as a match. I suppose >> Andy could be a nickname of Anders as well as of Andrew. One place name > > All Anders in my family that moved to US are spelled Andrew in US, > also their ancestors named Anders over here. The same applies to > Andreas. All called Andrew :-) And I also find Andy as a short name > for them. >