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

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. "Andrew" is frequently shortened to "Andy" or "Drew". The word is derived from the el, Ἀνδρέας, ''

Andreas Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of B ...

'', 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 Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...

, masculine * Andria:

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

, masculine * Aindrea, Aindreas or Anndra:

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...

, 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 Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

* 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 language, Hungarian, masculine * Andraš: Prekmurje dialect of Slovene, masculine * Andraž: Slovene language, Slovene, masculine * André: French language, French, English language, English, Latin, Italian language, Italian, Catalan language, Catalan, Luxembourgish, Dutch language, Dutch, Estonian language, Estonian, Romanian language, Romanian, German, Canada, Canadian, Hungarian language, Hungarian, Danish,

, Corsican language, Corsican, Icelandic language, Icelandic, Czech language, Czech, Slovak language, Slovak, Slovene language, Slovenian, Polish language, Polish and Portuguese language, Portuguese, masculine * Andrea: Albanian language, Albanian, Italian language, Italian, Latin, masculine; Croatian language, Croatian, Czech language, Czech, Danish, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, Finnish, French language, French, Galician language, Galician, German, Hungarian language, Hungarian, Icelandic language, Icelandic, Italian language, Italian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish language, Polish, Romanian language, Romanian, Slovak language, Slovak, Slovenian-language, Slovenian, Spanish language, Spanish,

, feminine * Andréa : French, Portuguese * Andréanne : French, feminine * Andréane : French * Andréana : Malgasy *

: Armenian language, Armenian, Cypriot Greek, Danish, German, Greek language, Greek, Norwegian, Icelandic language, Icelandic,

, masculine * Andros_(name), Andros: Greek language, Greek, masculine * Andreu: Catalan language, Catalan, masculine * Andreea: Romanian language, Romanian, feminine * Andrée (given name), Andrée: French language, French, feminine ** wiktionary:Marie-Andrée, Marie-Andrée, wiktionary:Anne-Andrée, Anne-Andrée, wiktionary:Andrée-Anne, Andrée-Anne, wiktionary:Andrée-Marie, Andrée-Marie,French, feminine * Andrees: Older Dutch language, Dutch and seldom used Afrikaans, masculine * Andrei (given name), Andrei: Moldovan language, Moldovan, Romanian language, Romanian, Belarusian language, Belarusian, Russian language, Russian, masculine * Andréia: Portuguese language, Portuguese, feminine * Andreina: Italian language, Italian, feminine * Andris, Andrejs, Andis: Latvian language, Latvian, masculine * Andrej: Belarusian language, Belarusian, Croatian language, Croatian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, Serbian language, Serbian, Slovak language, Slovak, Slovene language, Slovene, masculine * Andrey: Russian language, Russian and Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, masculine (Cyrillic and thus often alternatively transliterated as Andrei for both) * Andreja: Macedonian language, Macedonian, masculine; Croatian language, Croatian, Slovene language, Slovene, feminine * Andres (name), Andres: Estonian language, Estonian, masculine * Andres (name), Andrés: Icelandic language, Icelandic, Spanish language, Spanish, masculine * Andressa: Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, feminine * Andreu: Catalan language, Catalan, masculine * Andreus: Latin language, Latin, masculine * Andrew: English language, English, masculine * Andrėja: Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, feminine * Andrėjus: Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, Masculine * , :

, masculine * Andri: Icelandic language, Icelandic, masculine * , :

, masculine * Andric (given name), Andric: English language, English, masculine * Andries: Dutch language, Dutch and Afrikaans, masculine * Andrii: Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, masculine * Andrija: Croatian language, Croatian and Serbian language, Serbian, masculine * Andrijana: Macedonian language, Macedonian, Serbian language, Serbian, feminine * Andis, Andris, Andrejs, Anžejs or Andžejs: Latvian language, Latvian, masculine * Andrius: Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, masculine * Andriy: Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, masculine * Andrzej or Jędrzej: Polish language, Polish, masculine * Andrzeja: Polish language, Polish, feminine; obsolete * Aneterea: Samoan language, Samoan, masculine * Anintelu: Tongan language, Tongan, masculine * Antti: Finnish, masculine * Ondřej: Czech language, Czech, masculine * Ondrej or Andrej: Slovak language, Slovak, masculine * Andrij: Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, masculine * Indrì (name), Indrì or Andrija: Maltese language, Maltese, masculine * Andis, Andijs or Endijs: Latvian language, Latvian, masculine * Andrea, Andreu, André, Ndré, Ndreu, Andër, Andërs: Albanian language, Albanian, masculine * : Malayalam, masculine * : Telugu language, Telugu, masculine * : Korean language, Korean, masculine * : Japanese language, Japanese, masculine * : Mandarin Chinese (simplified), masculine * : Mandarin Chinese (traditional), masculine * , : Arabic, masucline * : Amharic, masculine * اندرآي (Romanized: Andrai): Ziyadi, masculine

Surname

*Anderson_(surname), Anderson *Andrews_(surname), Andrews

People named Andrew

* List of people with given name Andrew * Andrew (surname), including a list of people with surname Andrew

References

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