Given name · Ancient Greek
Ἀνδρόνικος
“man”·“victory”
Ἀνδρόνικος (Ăndrónīkos) is a masculine given name. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Andronicus.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ἀνδρόνικος is built from elements meaning “man” and “victory”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Built from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (“man”) + νῑ́κη (“victory”) + -ος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ἀνδρόνικος’s family of names
Ἀνδρόνικος has a feminine form in Donikë. In Ancient Greek usage, Ἀνδρόνικος has a conventional equivalent in the English form ANDRONICUS. In Ancient Greek usage, Ἀνδρόνικος has a transliteration in Andrónikos.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ἀνδρόνικος has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ἀνδρόνικος
- Andronikos I KomnenosByzantine emperor (1118–1185)
- Andronikos II PalaiologosByzantine Emperor from 1282 to 13281259–1332
- Andronikos III PalaiologosByzantine emperor (r. 1328–1341)1297–1341
- Andronikos IV PalaiologosByzantine emperor1348–1385
- Andronicus of Rhodesancient Greek philosopher100 BC–60 BC
- Andronikos V PalaiologosCo-emperor/Byzantine Empire1400–1407
- Andronikos I of TrebizondEmperor of Trebizond1101–1235
- Andronikos II of TrebizondEmperor of Trebizond1240–1266
- Andronikos III of TrebizondEmperor of Trebizond1310–1332
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Ἀνδρόνικος, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.