Given name · Greek
Ανδρέας
“manly; a warrior”
Ανδρέας (Andréas) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Andrew.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ανδρέας is Andreas written in the Greek alphabet. Andreas is a form of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Ανδρέας’s family of names
In Greek usage, Ανδρέας has a feminine form in Αντρούλα. In Greek usage, Ανδρέας has a conventional equivalent in the English form Andrew. In Greek usage, Ανδρέας has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Andrea.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ανδρέας has relatives in 35 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
32 related names in 35 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 34
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AndrewEnglish
- AndresEstonian
- AndreaItalian
- AnderBasque
- AndersSwedish, Norwegian
- AndreasGerman, Dutch
- AndreiRomanian
- AndrejCzech, Slovene
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- AndrzejPolish
- Androsequivalent
- AnteroFinnish
- OndrejSlovak
- EndreHungarian
- AndriusLithuanian
- AndrejsLatvian
- AndreuCatalan
- AndreoEsperanto
- Akisequivalent
- АндрейRussian, Bulgarian
- Αντρούλαfeminine form · Greek
- AndréPortuguese, French
- AndrésSpanish, Icelandic
- OndřejCzech
- Άκηςequivalent
- AndražSlovene
- AndrijaSerbo-Croatian
- АндријаSerbian
- АндрійUkrainian
- AndrásHungarian
- AndriesDutch
- 安德鲁Chinese
- AindriúIrish
- ანდრიაGeorgian
- ԱնդրեասArmenian
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ανδρέας
- Andreas PapandreouGreek economist and politician (1919–1996)
- Andreas SamarisGreek footballerborn 1989
- Andreas GlyniadakisGreek basketball player (born 1981)
- Andreas MetaxasGreek politician (1790-1860)1786–1860
- Andreas MichalakopoulosGreek politician (1875-1938)
- Andreas ZaimisPrime Minister of Greece (1791–1840)
- Andreas BouchalakisGreek footballerborn 1993
- Andreas KalvosGreek poet (1792–1869)
- Andreas MiaoulisGreek admiral and politician (1769-1835)
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