Gender Masculine
Usage German, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Welsh, Ancient Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Pronounced Pron. an-DREH-as(German, Swedish) ahn-DREH-ahs(Dutch) AN-DREH-AS(Classical Greek) [key·IPA]
Meaning & History
Ancient Greek and Latin form of Andrew. It is also the form used in Modern Greek, German and Welsh.
Related Names
DiminutiveDries(Dutch)
Feminine FormsAndrea(German) Andriana(Greek) Andrea(Swedish) Andrea, Andrine, Ea(Norwegian) Andrea, Ea(Danish) Andrea(Dutch)
Other Languages & CulturesAndre(African American) Ander(Basque) Andrei, Andrey(Belarusian) Andrew(Biblical) Andrei, Andrey(Bulgarian) Andreu(Catalan) Andria(Corsican) Andrej, Andrija, Andro(Croatian) Andrej, Ondřej(Czech) Andre, Andrew, Andie, Andy, Dre, Drew(English) Andres, Andrus, Anti(Estonian) Andras(Faroese) Antero, Antti, Atte, Tero(Finnish) André(French) Andria, Andro(Georgian) Andor, András, Endre, Andris, Bandi(Hungarian) Andrés(Icelandic) Aindréas, Aindriú(Irish) Andrea(Italian) Andrejs, Andris(Latvian) Andrius(Lithuanian) Andrej(Macedonian) Anaru(Maori) Andrzej, Jędrzej(Polish) André(Portuguese) Andrei(Romanian) Andrei, Andrey(Russian) Ándaras(Sami) Andria(Sardinian) Dand(Scots) Aindrea(Scottish Gaelic) Andrej, Andreja, Andrija(Serbian) Andrej, Ondrej(Slovak) Andraž, Andrej(Slovene) Andrés(Spanish) Andriy(Ukrainian)
Surname DescendantsAndreasen, Andreassen(Danish) Andela(Dutch) Andreas, Andres(German) Andreas(Greek) Andreassen(Norwegian) Andréasson, Andreasson(Swedish)