Andrew is the English form of a

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common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is frequently shortened to "Andy" or "Drew". The word is derived from the el, Ἀνδρέας, '' Andreas'', itself related to grc, ἀνήρ/ἀνδρός ''aner/andros'', "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "brave", "strong", "courageous", and "warrior". In the

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, the Greek "Ἀνδρέας" is translated as Andrew.

Popularity

Australia

In 2000, the name Andrew was the second most popular name in Australia. In 1999, it was the 19th most common name, while in 1940, it was the 31st most common name. Andrew was the first most popular name given to boys in the Northern Territory in 2003 to 2015 and continuing. In Victoria, Andrew was the first most popular name for a boy in the 1970s.

Canada

Andrew was the 20th most popular name chosen for male infants in 2005. Andrew was the 16th most popular name for infants in British Columbia in 2004, the 17th most popular name in 2003, and the 19th most popular name in 2002. In 2001, it was the 18th most common name. From 1999 to 2003, Andrew was the sixth most often chosen name for a boy.

Europe

In the United Kingdom in 1974, Andrew was the fourth-most common name given to baby boys, and it was third in 1964. In Scotland, Andrew was the most popular name given to baby boys in 1993, with 1,099 boys given the name that year. In Norway, with the spelling 'Andreas', the name has been the second-most common name given to boys of the 1990s.

United States

The eleventh most common baby name in 2006, Andrew was among the ten most popular names for male infants in 2005. Andrew was the sixth most popular choice for a male infant in 2004. In 2002 and 2001, Andrew was the seventh most popular baby name in the United States. In the 1980s, Andrew was the 19th most popular choice of baby name in the United States. In the 1970s it was the 31st most popular name. From the 1960s stretching back at least as far as the 1880s, Andrew was not among the forty most popular names in America.

Variants by language

* Anaru: Māori, masculine * Andria: Georgian, masculine * Aindrea, Aindreas or Anndra: Scottish Gaelic, masculine * Aindréas, Aindriú, Aindreas:

Irish Gaelic Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the ...

, masculine * Anaru: Maori, masculine * Andra:

Scots Scots usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: * Scots language, a language of the West Germanic language family native to Scotland * Scots people, a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland * Scoti, a Latin na ...

, masculine *

Ander The masculine name Ander is a variant of the Greek name "Andreas". Other variants of the Greek name "Andreas" are Andrés and Andrew, as well as Anders. The masculine name Ander is a variant Basque form of Andrew. Notable people with the name An ...

: Basque, masculine * Änder: Luxembourgish * Anders: Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian,

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

* Andrìa: Sardinian * Andras: Welsh * András,

Endre Endre is a Hungarian boy name, its origin is from old Turkish, can be given by name and surname. Its English form is Andrew. Endre may refer to: People Hungary Endre is a Hungarian masculine given name. It is a Hungarian form of ''Andrew'' an ...

: Hungarian, masculine * Andraš:

Prekmurje dialect Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, East Slovene, or Wendish ( sl, prekmurščina, prekmursko narečje, hu, vend nyelv, muravidéki nyelv, Prekmurje dialect: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmör ...

of Slovene, masculine * Andraž: Slovene, masculine * André:

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

, English, Latin, Italian, Catalan, Luxembourgish, Dutch,

Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also

...

, Romanian, German, Canadian, Hungarian, Danish,

, Corsican, Icelandic, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Polish and Portuguese, masculine *

Andrea Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that ref ...

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

, Italian, Latin, masculine; Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish,

, Galician, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian,

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish,

, feminine * Andréa : French, Portuguese * Andréanne : French, feminine * Andréane : French * Andréana : Malgasy * Andreas: Armenian, Cypriot Greek, Danish, German, Greek, Norwegian, Icelandic,

, Welsh, masculine * Andros: Greek, masculine * Andreu: Catalan, masculine * Andreea: Romanian, feminine * Andrée:

, feminine ** Marie-Andrée, Anne-Andrée, Andrée-Anne, Andrée-Marie,French, feminine * Andrees: Older Dutch and seldom used Afrikaans, masculine * Andrei: Moldovan, Romanian,

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

, Russian, masculine * Andréia: Portuguese, feminine * Andreina: Italian, feminine * Andris, Andrejs, Andis: Latvian, masculine * Andrej:

, Croatian,

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

, Slovak, Slovene, masculine * Andrey: Russian and Bulgarian, masculine (Cyrillic and thus often alternatively transliterated as Andrei for both) * Andreja:

, masculine; Croatian, Slovene, feminine * Andres:

...

, masculine * Andrés: Icelandic, Spanish, masculine * Andressa: Portuguese, feminine * Andreu: Catalan, masculine * Andreus: Latin, masculine * Andrew: English, masculine * Andrėja:

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

, feminine * Andrėjus:

, Masculine * , : Georgian, masculine * Andri: Icelandic, masculine * , : Georgian, masculine * Andric: English, masculine * Andries: Dutch and Afrikaans, masculine * Andrii: Ukrainian, masculine * Andrija: Croatian and

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

, masculine * Andrijana:

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

, feminine * Andis, Andris, Andrejs, Anžejs or Andžejs: Latvian, masculine * Andrius:

, masculine *

Andriy Andriy or AndriiUkrainian, masculine * Andrzej or Jędrzej: Polish, masculine * Andrzeja: Polish, feminine; obsolete * Aneterea: Samoan, masculine * Anintelu: Tongan, masculine * Antti: Finnish, masculine * Ondřej: Czech, masculine *

Ondrej Ondrej is a Slovak male given name, equivalent to Andrew. Notable people with the name include: * Ondrej Duda, Slovak football player * Ondrej Otčenáš (1987), Slovak ice hockey player * Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater ** Ondrej Nepela Arena ...

or Andrej: Slovak, masculine * Andrij: Ukrainian, masculine * Indrì or Andrija:

Maltese Maltese may refer to: * Someone or something of, from, or related to Malta * Maltese alphabet * Maltese cuisine * Maltese culture * Maltese language, the Semitic language spoken by Maltese people * Maltese people, people from Malta or of Malte ...

, masculine * Andis, Andijs or Endijs: Latvian, masculine *

, Andreu, André, Ndré, Ndreu, Andër, Andërs:

, masculine * : Malayalam, masculine * :

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

, masculine * : Korean, masculine * : Japanese, masculine * : Mandarin Chinese (simplified), masculine * : Mandarin Chinese (traditional), masculine * , : Arabic, masucline * :

Amharic Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all oth ...

, masculine * اندرآي (Romanized: Andrai): Ziyadi, masculine

Surname

* Anderson *

Andrews Andrews may refer to: Places Australia *Andrews, Queensland *Andrews, South Australia United States *Andrews, Florida (disambiguation), various places *Andrews, Indiana * Andrews, Nebraska *Andrews, North Carolina * Andrews, Oregon * Andrews, Sou ...

People named Andrew

* List of people with given name Andrew *

Andrew (surname) Andrew is sometimes used as a surname. It is derived from the given name Andrew. Notable people with the surname include: * Ariane Andrew (born 1987), US professional wrestler * Bruce Andrew (1908–1986), footballer * Calvin Andrew (born 1986), ...

, including a list of people with surname Andrew

References

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