Gender Masculine
Usage German, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Welsh, Ancient Greek [1], Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [2]
Pronounced Pron. /an.ˈdʁeː.as/(German) /an.ˈdreː.as/(Swedish) /ɑn.ˈdreː.ɑs/(Dutch) /an.dré.aːs/(Classical Greek) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Ancient Greek and Latin form of Andrew. It is also the form used in Modern Greek, German and Welsh.
Related Names
Rootandreios
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) Andreassen, Andresen(Norwegian) Andréasson, Andreasson(Swedish)
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2020's Grand Slam tennis players, alpinists, Austrian presidents, chess Grandmasters, Code Geass characters, currently out of the US top 1000, Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest, Elder Scrolls characters, Eurovision 2021, folk heroes, Formula One drivers, guitarists, love island Norway, love island Sweden, mountaineers, photographers, playwrights, Saint Seiya characters, Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest, The Roman Mysteries characters, top 10 in Cyprus, top 10 in Germany, Virtua Tennis opponent characters, Xeno characters, YouTubers
Sources & References
- Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Ἀνδρέας.
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g406, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g406.
