Given name & surname
Andrej
“manly; a warrior”
Andrej is a variant of André. In French use, André carries the interpretation “manly; a warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Andrej is a variant of André. In French use, André carries the interpretation “manly; a warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Czech use, Andrej is a form of Andrew. An origin associated with Andrew is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Slovak usage, Andrej developed from Ἀνδρέας.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Andrej through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 414
- 414 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,623 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +25%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,623 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 24.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 745 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Andrej’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Andrej has a diminutive in ANDREJKO. Andrej shares a linguistic root with Andrew. In Czech usage, Andrej has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Andrea.
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Around the world
Andrej has relatives in 36 languages.
34 related names in 36 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
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 36
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Andrewcognate · English
- AndresEstonian
- Andreafeminine form · Italian, Czech
- Andreequivalent
- Anderequivalent
- AndersSwedish, Norwegian
- AndreasGerman, Dutch
- Andreicognate · Romanian
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- AndreyEnglish
- Andriyequivalent
- AndrzejPolish
- AndrusEstonian
- Andorequivalent
- AnteroFinnish
- Ondrejalso known as · Slovak
- EndreHungarian
- AndrejsLatvian
- AndriusLithuanian
- AndreuCatalan
- NdreaAlbanian
- Drejcequivalent
- ΑνδρέαςGreek
- AndrésSpanish, Portuguese
- Андрејequivalent
- Anttiequivalent
- Andréjhas masculine form
- Andrejafeminine form
- Ἀνδρέαςroot · Ancient Greek
- АндрійUkrainian
- Andrijasr-Latn, Croatian
- Андријаsr-Cyrl
- AndriesDutch
- IndriMaltese
- AndrásHungarian
- ანდრიაGeorgian
- ԱնդրեասArmenian
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Andrej
- Andrej BabišCzech politician and businessman, Prime Minister of the Czech Republicborn 1954
- Andrej Kiska4th President of Slovakiaborn 1963
- Andrej PlenkovićPrime Minister of Croatia since 2016born 1970
- Andrei TupolevRussian and Soviet aerospace engineer (1888-1972)
- Andrej KramarićCroatian association football playerborn 1991
- Andrey ZvyagintsevRussian film director, screenwriter and actor (born 1964)
- Andrey KorotayevRussian anthropologist, economic historian, comparative political scientist, and sociologistborn 1961
- Andrey VlasovRussian lieutenant general (1901–1946)
- Andrej PanadićCroatian association football playerborn 1969
Characters named Andrej: Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky (Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace).
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