Given name & surname
Andrei
“manly; a warrior”
Andrei is a form of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Andrei is a form of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Andrei is a form of Andrew. An origin associated with Andrew is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Russian use, Andrei is used as a form of Andrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Andrei through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,095
- 3,095 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 119 babies
- 2025
- 53
- #2,517 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 53 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,517 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 119 in 2006. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,471 as a first name in 2020; 395 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.
Andrei’s family of names
Andrei shares a linguistic root with Andrew. In Romanian usage, Andrei has a conventional equivalent in the German form Andreas. Andrei is a form of Andrew.
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Around the world
Andrei has relatives in 15 languages.
12 related names in 15 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Andrewdoublet · English
- AndreasGerman
- Scotlandbase name
- Andrejcognate · Czech, Slovene
- Andriyequivalent
- Andreeafeminine form
- Андрэйequivalent
- Андрійequivalent
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People named Andrei
- Andrei SakharovSoviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist (1921–1989)
- Andrei TarkovskySoviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director (1932–1986)
- Andrei GromykoSoviet diplomat1909–1989
- Andrei Rublevmedieval Russian artist (1360s-1428)
- Andrei KonchalovskySoviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and film producerborn 1937
- Andrei ZhdanovSoviet politician (1896-1948)
- Andrei PlatonovRussian author (1899–1951)
- Andrei KarlovSoviet and Russian diplomat1954–2016
- Andrei VoznesenskySoviet poet (1933–2010)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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