Gender Masculine
Scripts Ανδρέας(Greek) Ἀνδρέας(Ancient 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

VariantsAndré(German) Anders(Swedish) Anders(Norwegian) Anders(Danish) Andries, André(Dutch)
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) André(Galician) 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) Andrii, Andriy(Ukrainian)
Surname DescendantsAndreasen, Andreassen, Andresen(Danish) Andela(Dutch) Andreas, Andres(German) Andreas(Greek) Andreassen, Andresen(Norwegian) Andréasson, Andreasson(Swedish)

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   wholesome   strong   refined   strange   serious  

Name Days

Austria: February 4
Austria: November 10
Austria: November 30
Denmark: November 30
Estonia: November 30
Finland: November 30
Germany: November 30
Greece: November 30
Norway: November 30
Sweden: November 30

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Entry updated April 5, 2022