Given name & surname
Andrew
“manly; a warrior”
Andrew is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Original GreekΑνδρέας
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In English usage, Andrew developed from the Ancient Greek form 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
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Andrew appears in John 1:44, Matthew 4:18, John 1:35-40 and 2 other passages. It is mentioned 13 times in the New Testament.
- John 1:44
- Matthew 4:18
- John 1:35-40
- Matthew 4:19
- Jeremiah 16:16
From biblical name research
Andrew through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,334,415
- 1,329,454 boys · 4,961 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 36,429 babies
- 2025
- 4,503
- #73 for boys · #13,336 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −34%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 4,497 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 73 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 34.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 36,206 in 1987. It also appeared in 6 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (534). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,075,513 as a first name in 2020; 12,747 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.
Andrew’s family of names
In English usage, Andrew has a diminutive in Andy. Andrew shares a linguistic root with Andrea. In English usage, Andrew has a conventional equivalent in the Afrikaans form Andre.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Andrew has relatives in 53 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Andrew comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 35
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Drewdiminutive · English
- Andydiminutive · English
- Andiediminutive · English
- Drudiminutive · English
- Andreyvariant · English
- Ademvariant
- Andrielvariant
- Andruvariant
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- Andrzejvariant · Polish
- Andrusvariant · Estonian
- Anterovariant · Finnish
- Androsvariant
- Andrewsvariant
- Andorvariant · Hungarian
- Dandydiminutive · English
- Andruwvariant
- Androvariant
- Andriusvariant · Lithuanian
- Andrianvariant
- Andoniavariant
- Aindreavariant · Scottish Gaelic
- Driesshort form
- Anndrewlikely variant
- Andrrewlikely variant
- Andrewwlikely variant
- Anddrewlikely variant
- Andoy Purdoydiminutive · ceb
- Andoydiminutive · ceb, English
- Andrijavariant
- Andrijvariant
- Andriesvariant · Dutch, Afrikaans
- Andrezjvariant
- Andrewesvariant
- Andresjvariant
- Aindreasvariant
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 80
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ΑνδρέαςGreek
- Ἀνδρέαςroot · Ancient Greek
- AndresEstonian
- Andreafeminine form · Italian, English
- Andrecognate · Afrikaans
- AnderBasque
- Anderscognate · Norwegian Bokmål, Danish
- Andreascognate · Norwegian Bokmål, English
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- Andreidoublet · Romanian, English
- Andrikrelated form
- Andreeizh
- Andrejcognate · Czech, Slovak
- Andrafeminine form · Scots
- Andriydoublet · English
- AndrisLatvian
- Andinorelated form
- Androwequivalent
- Andrejscognate · Latvian
- Andrinafeminine form · English
- Tandyrelated form
- Analurelated form
- Andrinederivative
- Andreucognate · Catalan
- Endrecognate · Hungarian
- Andrascognate · Welsh, Faroese
- OndrejSlovak
- AndreoEsperanto
- Andréasequivalent
- Andriejusequivalent
- ܐܢܕܪܐܘܣequivalent
- അന്ത്രയോസ്equivalent
- Андреиequivalent
- Оньдрѣиequivalent
- Андрюequivalent
- Андреаequivalent
- Андрэйequivalent
- Anndraisequivalent
- أندراوسequivalent
- ⲁⲛⲇⲣⲉⲁⲥequivalent
- Jynrekequivalent
- Андрійequivalent
- Anderoequivalent
- Nrekaequivalent
- Annrìaequivalent
- Andarāequivalent
- Andrėjusequivalent
- Drĕvesequivalent
- Andrësequivalent
- Andrâequivalent
- Эндрюborrowing · Russian
- АндрейRussian
- এন্ড্রুborrowing · Bengali
- ఆండ్రూborrowing · Telugu
- ʻAnalūborrowing · Hawaiian
- Andrécognate · Portuguese, French
- Andréscognate · Spanish, Icelandic
- Antticognate · Finnish
- NdrekëAlbanian
- NdreAlbanian
- NdrecëAlbanian
And 20 more.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Alexandershares a root
- Alexandrashares a root
- Alexandriashares a root
- Randysee also
- Nicanorshares a root
- Jędrejsee also
- Gillanderssee also
- Andronicusshares a root
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People named Andrew
- Andy WarholAmerican artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
- Andrew Jacksonpresident of the United States from 1829 to 18371767–1845
- Andrew JohnsonPresident of the United States from 1865 to 18691808–1875
- Andrew GarfieldEnglish actor (born 1983)
- Andrew CarnegieScottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
- Andy MurrayBritish tennis player (born 1987)
- Andy BurnhamBritish politicianborn 1970
- Andrew Mountbatten-Windsorthird child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
- Andrew WilesEnglish mathematician (1953–)
Characters named Andrew: Andrew Van de Kamp (fictional human), Ender Wiggin (the Ender’s Game series), Andrew Wells (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Andrew Ryan (BioShock).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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