Given name & surname
Andreu
“manly; a warrior”
Andreu is a form of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Andreu is a form of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Andreu is a form of Andrew. An origin associated with Andrew is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Andreu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 243
- 243 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −67%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 309 as a first name in 2020; 938 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.
Andreu’s family of names
Andreu shares a linguistic root with Andrew. In Catalan usage, Andreu has a conventional equivalent in the German form Andreas. Andreu is a form of Andrew.
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Around the world
Andreu has relatives in 8 languages.
8 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 27
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Andrewcognate · English
- Andresequivalent
- Andreaequivalent
- Andreequivalent
- Anderequivalent
- Andersequivalent
- AndreasGerman
- Andreyequivalent
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People named Andreu
- Andreu FontàsSpanish footballerborn 1989
- Andreu NinSpanish politician (1892-1937)
- Andreu GueraoSpanish footballerborn 1983
- Andreu BuenafuenteSpanish television host and comedianborn 1965
- Andreu MartínSpanish writerborn 1949
- Andreu Mas-ColellCatalan economist and politician from Spainborn 1944
- Andreu JacobNorwegian composerborn 1971
- Andreu FebrerSpanish poet, troubadour, diplomat and military1400–1500
- Andreu IvarsSpanish historian1885–1936
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