Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Andreas

ANDREAS

GENDER: Masculine

PRONOUNCED: ahn-DRE-ahs (German) [key]

Meaning & History

Ancient Greek and Latin form of ANDREW. It is also the form used in modern Greek, German and Welsh.

Related Names

VARIANTS: Anders (Scandinavian), Andries (Dutch), Andras (Welsh)

FEMININE FORMS: Andrea (German), Andrea (Scandinavian)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Ander (Basque), Andrew (Biblical), Andrei, Andrey (Bulgarian), Andreu (Catalan), Andria (Corsican), Andrej, Andrija, Andro (Croatian), Andrej, Ondřej (Czech), Andre, Andrew, Andie, Andy, Dre, Drew (English), Deandre (English (African American)), Andres, Andrus (Estonian), Antero, Antti, Tero (Finnish), André (French), Andria (Georgian), Andor, András, Endre, Andris, Bandi (Hungarian), Aindréas, Aindriú (Irish), Andrea (Italian), Andrejs, Andris (Latvian), Andrius (Lithuanian), Andrej (Macedonian), Anaru (Maori), Andrzej, Jędrzej (Polish), André (Portuguese), Andrei (Romanian), Andrei, Andrey (Russian), Aindrea, Dand (Scottish), Andrej, Andrija (Serbian), Andrej, Ondrej (Slovak), Andraž, Andrej (Slovene), Andrés (Spanish), Andriy (Ukrainian)

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