Given name & surname
Andres
“manly; a warrior”
Andres is a variant of André. In French use, André carries the interpretation “manly; a warrior.”
Original SpanishAndrés
Meaning & origin
What it means
Andres is a variant of André. In French use, André carries the interpretation “manly; a warrior.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Filipino usage, Andres developed from Ἀνδρέας.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Andres through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 96,733
- 96,284 boys · 449 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 2,726 babies
- 2025
- 1,744
- #200 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,744 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 200 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 3.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 2,721 in 2007. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (415). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 115,081 as a first name in 2020; 12,947 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.
Andres’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Andres has a diminutive in Andoy. In Estonian usage, Andres has a feminine form in Andra. In Estonian usage, Andres has a conventional equivalent in the English form Andrew.
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Around the world
Andres has relatives in 22 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Spanishwhere Andres comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Andrevariant · Estonian
- Andrusvariant · Estonian
- Andresslikely variant
- Anddreslikely variant
- Andoy Purdoydiminutive · ceb
- Andoydiminutive · ceb
- Andovariant · Estonian
- Antivariant · Estonian
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 33
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Andréssource · Spanish, Icelandic
- AndrewEnglish
- Andreaequivalent
- Andersdoublet · Norwegian Bokmål
- AndreasGerman
- Andreyequivalent
- AndrejCzech
- Andrafeminine form · Estonian
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- Andriyequivalent
- AndrzejPolish
- Andorequivalent
- AndrisSwedish, Latvian
- Ondrejequivalent
- Andreuequivalent
- Androwequivalent
- Andriusequivalent
- AndrasWelsh, Faroese
- AndrejsLithuanian
- Andirisequivalent
- Adirisequivalent
- Andresen“son of” surname · Norwegian Bokmål
- АндрейRussian
- ΑνδρέαςGreek
- OndřejCzech
- Andréasequivalent
- Resequivalent
- Anttiequivalent
- Андрійequivalent
- Ἀνδρέαςroot · Ancient Greek
- AndrásHungarian
- AndražSlovene
- AndréeFrench
- AntresFinnish
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Andres
- Andres OperEstonian footballer (born 1977)
- Andres TarandEstonian politician, geographer and climatologist (born 1940)
- Andres SerranoAmerican photographer (1950- )
- Andres AmbühlSwiss professional ice hockey forwardborn 1983
- Andres LuureEstonian philosopher and Wikipedian (born 1959)
- Andres MustonenEstonian conductor and violinist (born 1953)
- Andres LarkaEstonian military personnel and politician (1879-1943)
- Andres AnveltEstonian politician, writer and police officer (born 1969)
- Andres EhinEstonian writer and translator (1940–2011)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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