Given name & surname
Andras
“manliness”·“virility”·“manly; a warrior”
Andras is a variant of Andrea. For the English feminine name, one alternative theory points to Greek andreia, “manliness” or “virility.” This is a proposed route of formation, not a settled translation covering every use of Andrea. Andras is a form of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Andras is a variant of Andrea. For the English feminine name, one alternative theory points to Greek andreia, “manliness” or “virility.” This is a proposed route of formation, not a settled translation covering every use of Andrea. Andras is a form of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Andras is a variant of Andrea. Italian Andrea is the equivalent of Andrew. English feminine Andrea is usually connected with Andreas, though an independent English creation from a Greek word has also been proposed. Andras is a form of Andrew. An origin associated with Andrew is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Andras is a variant of Andrea. The shared background comes through Andrea: The Italian and English traditions should be read separately. The English name may be a feminine adaptation of Andreas; another explanation treats it as a learned coinage from andreia. The evidence does not establish one route with certainty.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Andras is a variant of Andrea. The history of Andrea gives this family its wider story. The English feminine name is documented from the seventeenth century rather than the Middle Ages. That later appearance is part of the reason its origin has been debated separately from Italian masculine Andrea.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Andras through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 207
- 207 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 875 as a first name in 2020; 891 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Andras’s family of names
Andras shares a linguistic root with Andrew. Andras has a related form in Andrea. Andras is a form of Andrew.
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Around the world
Andras has relatives in 9 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Andrewcognate · English
- AndresEstonian
- Germanequivalent
- Andraequivalent
- Andrisequivalent
- AndrusEstonian
- Andräequivalent
- Andražequivalent
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