Given name · also Slavic

Andrėjus

Andrėjus is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Lithuanian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Andrėjus comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Lithuanian usage, Andrėjus developed from Андреи. In Lithuanian usage, Andrėjus developed from Ἀνδρέας.

Andrėjus’s family of names

In Lithuanian usage, Andrėjus developed from Андреи. In Lithuanian usage, Andrėjus has a related form in Andriẽjus. In Lithuanian usage, Andrėjus has a related form in Andrė́jas.

Walk Andrėjus’s family in the name graph

AndrėjusAndrejusAñdrijusAndrė́jasAndriẽjusAndrewἈνδρέαςАндреи

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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Ancient Greek

Achaikus

“Achaean”

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Ancient Greek

Aleksejus

“defender”

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Ancient Greek

Averkijus

Averkijus is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Lithuanian.

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>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Andrijaš

“manly, courageous”

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Ancient Greek

Andréas

“man”

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Ancient Greek

Argyrippus

“silver” · “horse”

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>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Antigonus

Antigonus is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.

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Ancient Greek

Agatharchus

Agatharchus is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek.

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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