Andrey (Андрей) is a masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

predominantly used in Slavic languages, including

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 ...

, Bulgarian, and

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

. The name is derived from the ancient

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 ...

Andreas (Ἀνδρέας), meaning "man" or "warrior". In

Eastern Orthodox Christianity Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main Branches of Christianity, branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholic Church, Catholicism and Protestantism ...

, Andrey holds religious significance, particularly due to

Saint Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( ; ; ; ) was an apostle of Jesus. According to the New Testament, he was a fisherman and one of the Twelve Apostles chosen by Jesus. The title First-Called () used by the Eastern Orthodox Church stems from the Gospel of Jo ...

, the patron saint of several countries, whose legacy has contributed to the name’s popularity across Orthodox nations. In

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

-speaking countries, Andrey can be interpreted as a portmanteau of the name

Andrés Andres or Andrés may refer to: *Andres, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois, US *Andres, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, France *Andres (name) *Hurricane Andres *Andres (song), "Andres" (song), a 1994 song b ...

and '' Rey'', the Spanish word for ''

king King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a Constitutional monarchy, ...

''.

People with the given name

Andrey (footballer, born 1983) Andrey Nazário Afonso (born 9 November 1983), known as just Andrey, is a Brazilian former football goalkeeper. Career He made his debut with Steaua București on 1 March 2007, in the quarter-final cup match against Oţelul Galaţi, when S ...

, Andrey Nazário Afonso, goalkeeper for Avenida *

Andrey (footballer, born 1993) Andrey da Silva Ventura (born 17 July 1993), simply known as Andrey, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Desportiva. Club career Born in Rio de Janeiro, Andrey finished his formation with Botafogo. On 16 July 2014 he made ...

, Andrey da Silva Ventura, goalkeeper for Sampaio Corrêa *

Andrey (footballer, born 1996) Andrey Falinski Rodrigues (born 18 March 1996), commonly known as Andrey, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, ...

, Andrey Falinski Rodrigues, midfielder for Betim Futebol *

Andrey (footballer, born February 1998) Andrey Ramos do Nascimento (born 15 February 1998), simply known as Andrey, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre midfielder for Ceará, on loan from Coritiba. Club career Andrey made his professional debut for Vasco da Gama at 1 ...

, Andrey Ramos do Nascimento, midfielder for Coritiba *

Andrey (footballer, born November 1998) Andrey Marcos Andrade Pereira (born 28 November 1998), commonly known as Andrey, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football t ...

, Andrey Marcos Andrade Pereira, midfielder for Los Cabos United *

Andrey (footballer, born 2004) Andrey Nascimento dos Santos (born 3 May 2004) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Chelsea and the Brazil national team. Club career Vasco da Gama At the age of four, Santos was introduced to futsal in ...

, Andrey Nascimento dos Santos, midfielder for Chelsea *

Andrey Amador Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (born 29 August 1986) is a Costa Rican former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2024. Career Amador is the son of Rodolfo Amador, a Costa Rican, and Raisa Bikkazakova, a Russian immigrant ...

, Costa Rican cyclist *

Andrey Arshavin Andrey Sergeyevich Arshavin (, ; born 29 May 1981) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger or midfielder. Since 2019, Arshavin has held administrative posts at Zenit. In 2022 he became De ...

, Russian football player *

Andrey Belousov Andrey Removich Belousov (born 17 March 1959) is a Russian politician and economist, serving as the Minister of Defence since May 2024. From January 2020 to May 2024, he served as First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.

(born 1959), Russian politician *

Andrey Bolotov Andrey Timofeyevich Bolotov ( Russian: Андрей Тимофеевич Болотов; 18 October 1738 – 16 October 1833) was the most prolific memoirist and the most distinguished agriculturist of the 18th-century Russian Empire. Bolotov wa ...

, Russian agriculturalist and memoirist *

Andrey Borodin Andrey Fridrikhovich Borodin (; born Moscow, 24 May 1967) is a Russian financial expert, economist and businessman who until 2011 was President of Bank of Moscow. He and his first deputy Dmitri Akulinin were dismissed from office by the court fo ...

, Russian financial expert and businessman *

Andrey Ershov Andrey Petrovich Yershov (; 19 April 1931, Moscow – 8 December 1988, Moscow) was a Soviet computer scientist, notable as a pioneer in systems programming and programming language research. Donald Knuth considers him to have independently co ...

, Russian computer scientist *

Andrey Esionov Andrey Kimovich Esionov (Russian: Андрей Кимович Есионов; born 1963) is a Russian painter and graphic artist, who paints portraits and cityscapes. He is academician (Full member) of the Russian Academy of Arts (the painting ...

, Russian painter *

Andrey Esipenko Andrey Evgenyevich Esipenko (; born 22 March 2002) is a Russian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. He won the European Youth Chess Championship, European U10 Chess Championship in 2012, and both the European Youth Chess Championship, Europea ...

, Russian chess grandmaster * Andrey Ivanov, several people *

Andrey Kolmogorov Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov ( rus, Андре́й Никола́евич Колмого́ров, p=ɐnˈdrʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ kəlmɐˈɡorəf, a=Ru-Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov.ogg, 25 April 1903 – 20 October 1987) was a Soviet ...

, Russian mathematician *

Andrey Korotayev Andrey Vitalievich Korotayev (; born 17 February 1961) is a Russian anthropology, anthropologist, economic history, economic historian, comparative politics, comparative political scientist, demography, demographer and sociology, sociologist ...

, Russian anthropologist *

Andrey Markov Andrey Andreyevich Markov (14 June 1856 – 20 July 1922) was a Russian mathematician best known for his work on stochastic processes. A primary subject of his research later became known as the Markov chain. He was also a strong, close to mas ...

, Russian mathematician *

Andrey Osterman Count Andrey Ivanovich Ostermann (, ; 9 June 1686 31 May 1747) was a German-born Russian statesman who came to prominence under Tsar Peter I of Russia () and served until the accession of the Tsesarevna Elizabeth in 1741. He based his foreign ...

, Russian statesman *

Andrey Rublev (tennis) Andrey Andreyevich Rublev (; born 20 October 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in September 2021 ...

, Russian tennis player *

Andrey Vlasov Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov (, – August 1, 1946) was a Soviet Russian Red Army general. During the Eastern Front (World War II), Axis-Soviet campaigns of World War II, he fought (1941–1942) against the ''Wehrmacht'' in the Battle of Moscow ...

, Russian general *

Andrey Voznesensky Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky (, 12 May 1933 – 1 June 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet and writer who had been referred to by Robert Lowell as "one of the greatest living poets in any language." He was one of the "Children of the '60s ...

, Russian writer *

Andrey Vyshinsky Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky (; ) ( – 22 November 1954) was a Soviet politician, jurist and diplomat. He is best known as a Procurator General of the Soviet Union, state prosecutor of Joseph Stalin's Moscow Trials and in the Nuremberg trial ...

, Soviet politician

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