Meaning and origin of Andrew

Origin: Biblical

Meaning: A strong man


Origin: English

Meaning: Manly; brave. In the bible the first of the twelve apostles chosen. Andrew is patron saint of Scotland and Russia. See also Jedrick and Kendrick.


Origin: Greek

Meaning: Manly. St Andrew, an apostle of Jesus Christ, later became patron saint of Scotland. The Scottish city St Andrews is named for him. It was in frequent use throughout Britain during the Middle Ages.


Origin: Scottish

Meaning: Manly. From the Greek Andrew. Has long been a popular Scottish name, because St. Andrew is the Patron Saint of Scotland after whom the town of St Andrews was named.


Origin: Shakespearean

Meaning: 'Twelfth Night', also called 'What You Will' Sir Andrew Aguecheek.
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Meaning and origin of Andrew

The boy's name Andrew \a-nd-rew, an-drew\ is pronounced AN-droo. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "man, warrior". English form of the Greek name Andreas. Biblical: the first chosen of the 12 apostles. Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and Russia. The "Saint Andrew's Cross", representing Scotland, appears on the flag of the United Kingdom. Andras is a Welsh form; Andy is the pet form. See also Andino, Jedrek, and Kendrew. US Presidents Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson; industrialist Andrew Carnegie; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; actors Andy Devine, Andy Griffith, Andy Garcia; artists Andrew Wyeth, and Andy Warhol; baseball player Andruw Jones.

Andrew has 50 variant forms: Adem, Aindrea, Aindreas, Analu, Anders, Andie, Andonia, Andor, Andras, André, Andre, Andres, Andrea, Andreas, Andrei, Andrej, Andres, Andresj, Andrewes, Andrews, Andrey, Andrezj, Andrian, Andriel, Andries, Andrij, Andrija, Andrius, Andro, Andros, Andru, Andruw, Andrzej, Andy, Antero, Dandie, Dandy, Drew, Dru, Drud, Drue, Drugi, Mandrew, Ohndrae, Ohndre, Ondre, Ondrei, Ondrej, Ohnrey and Ondrey.

For more information, see also related names Andrik, Evander and Tandie.

Baby names that sound like Andrew are Ander, Andris, Andreus, Andrae and Andric.

Andrew is a very popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
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Meaning and origin of Andrew

Andrew
Greek
Male
manliness
1 - Andrew (Greek boy name)
manliness
2 - Andrew (Greek boy name)
manliness
3 - Andrewina (English girl name)
Courageous, Valiant, Manly
4 - Andrews (English boy name)
Courageous, Valiant, Man
5 - Macandrew (Scottish boy name)
son of Andrew
Meaning&Origin
Andrew is a Greek boys name.
The meaning of the name is `manliness`.
Where is it used?
The name Andrew is mainly used in English and in the bible.
How do they say it elsewhere?
Andras (In Welsh)
Andrés (In Spanish)
Andrej (In Slovene and in Czech)
Ondrej (In Slovak and in Czech)
Aindrea (In Scottish)
Anders (In Scandinavian)
Andrei (In Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Romanian and in Croatian)
Andre (In Portuguese)
Jedrzej (In Polish)
Andrzej (In Polish)
Anaru (In Maori)
Andrea (In Italian)
Aindrii (In Irish)
Endre (In Hungarian)
András (In Hungarian)
Andris (In Hungarian)
Andreas (In German, Greek and in Ancient Greek)
André (In French)
Antti (In Finnish)
Andries (In Dutch)
Andrija (In Croatian and in Serbian)
In combination with other names:
In English: Deandre (M)
If it's too long people might use:
In English: Drew
For opposite sex use:
In Romanian: Andreea (F)
In Portuguese: Andreia (F)
In French: Andrée (F)
In English: Andra (F)
In English: Andrea (F)
See also
In Hungarian: Bandi (M)
In English: Andy (M)
Statistics
The name Andrew was given to 21852 babies in the USA in 2004. Andrew was the number 7 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 21386 babies making it the number 6 name that year.
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