Andrew is the English form of the

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, common in many countries. The word is derived from the , ''

Andreas Andreas () is a name derived from the Greek noun ἀνήρ ''anēr'', with genitive ἀνδρός ''andros'', which means "man". See the article on Andrew for more information. The Scandinavian name is earliest attested as antreos in a runeston ...

'', itself related to ''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

In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in

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Australia

In 2000, the name Andrew was the second most popular name in Australia after James. 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 in 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 the United States.

Variants by language

* Anaru: Māori, masculine * Andria: Georgian, masculine * Aindrea, Aindreas, Anndra:

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

, masculine * Aindréas, Aindréis, Aindriú: Irish, masculine * Andra: Indonesian, Scots, masculine *

Ander The masculine name Ander is a variant of the Greek name "Andreas". Other variants of the Greek name "Andreas" are Andres_(name), Andrés and Andrew, as well as Anders. The masculine name :eu:Ander, Ander is a variant Basque form of Andrew. Notable ...

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

, masculine * Änder:

Luxembourgish Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. The language is standardized and officiall ...

Anders Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering, Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres (name), Andres via metathesis (linguistics), metathesis. In Sweden, A ...

: Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish * Andrìa: Sardinian * Andy: Indonesian, Polynesian * Andras: Welsh * András, Endre: Hungarian, masculine * Andraž: Slovene, masculine * André: French, English,

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

, Catalan,

, Dutch, Estonian, Romanian, German,

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

, Hungarian, Danish, Swedish, Corsican, Icelandic,

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

, Slovak, Slovenian, Polish and Portuguese, masculine * Andrea: Albanian,

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

, masculine; Croatian,

, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian,

(only recently), Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, feminine * Andréa: French, Portuguese * Andréanne: French, feminine * Andréane: French * Andréana: Malgasy *

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

, Cypriot Greek, Danish, German,

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

, Norwegian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Swedish, Turkish, Welsh, masculine *

Andros Andros (, ) is the northernmost island of the Greece, Greek Cyclades archipelago, about southeast of Euboea, and about north of Tinos. It is nearly long, and its greatest breadth is . It is for the most part mountainous, with many fruitful and ...

, masculine * Andreu: Catalan, masculine * Andreea: Romanian, feminine * Andrée: French, feminine ** Marie-Andrée, Anne-Andrée, Andrée-Anne, Andrée-Marie, French, feminine * Andrees: Older Dutch and seldom used

Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and also Argentina where there is a group in Sarmiento, Chubut, Sarmiento that speaks the Pat ...

, masculine * Andrei: Moldovan, Romanian, Belarusian, Russian, masculine * Andréia: Portuguese, feminine * Andreina:

, feminine * Andris, Andrejs,

Andis ''Andis'' and its variants ''Andio'', ''Andes'', etc., was a personal name popular among the Illyrians of Dardania, Pannonia, and Dalmatia. The god Andinus – considered to have been the Dardanian indigenous deity of vegetation and soil fertilit ...

: Latvian, masculine * Andrej: Belarusian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, masculine *

Andrey Andrey (Андрей) is a masculine given name predominantly used in Slavic languages, including Belarusian, Bulgarian, and Russian. The name is derived from the ancient Greek Andreas (Ἀνδρέας), meaning "man" or "warrior". In Eastern ...

: Russian and Bulgarian, masculine (Cyrillic and thus often alternatively transliterated as Andrei for both) * Andreja: Macedonian, masculine; Croatian, Slovene, feminine * Andres: Estonian, masculine * Andrés: Icelandic, Spanish, masculine * Andressa: Portuguese, feminine * Andreus:

, masculine * Andrew: English, Indonesian, masculine * Andrėja: Lithuanian, feminine * Andrėjus: Lithuanian, Masculine * , : Georgian, masculine * Andri: Icelandic and romansh, masculine * , : Georgian, masculine * Andric: English, masculine * Andries: Dutch and

, masculine * Andrii: Ukrainian, masculine * Andrija: Croatian and Serbian, masculine * Andrijana: Macedonian, Serbian, feminine *

, Andris, Andrejs, Anžejs or Andžejs: Latvian, masculine * Andrius: Lithuanian, masculine *

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

Ondřej Ondřej () is a Czech name, Czech given name, equivalent to Andrew, Andreas etc. Notable people with the name include: Sports *Ondřej Bank (born 1980), Czech alpine skier *Ondřej Buchtela (1999–2020), Czech ice hockey player *Ondřej Čelůstk ...

, masculine *

Ondrej Ondrej is a Slovak male given name, equivalent to Andrew. Notable people with the name include: * Ondrej Duda (born 1994), Slovak football player * Ondrej Otčenáš (born 1987), Slovak ice hockey player * Ondrej Nepela (1951–1989), Slovak fig ...

or Andrej: Slovak, masculine * Andrij: Ukrainian, masculine * Indrì or Andrija: Maltese, masculine * Andis, Andijs or Endijs: Latvian, masculine * Andi: Albanian, masculine * :

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

, masculine * : Telugu, masculine * or : Korean, masculine * : Japanese, masculine * :

Mandarin Chinese Mandarin ( ; zh, s=, t=, p=Guānhuà, l=Mandarin (bureaucrat), officials' speech) is the largest branch of the Sinitic languages. Mandarin varieties are spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers over a large geographical area that stretch ...

(simplified), masculine * :

(traditional), masculine * , :

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

, masculine (or , from French, or , from English) * :

Amharic Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populati ...

, 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, South ...

People named Andrew

List of people with given name Andrew This is a list of people with the given name Andrew. Saints In the Christian Bible, Saint Andrew was the earliest disciple of Jesus and one of the twelve Apostles. Other saints named Andrew include: *Saint Andrew of Trier (died 235), Bisho ...

* Andrew (surname), including a list of people with surname Andrew * Andy, informal

References

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