Given name & surname
Andrews
“manly; a warrior”
Andrews is a variant of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Andrews is a variant of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Andrews is a variant 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 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Andrews through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 576
- 576 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,147 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,147 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 867 as a first name in 2020; 129,205 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.
Andrews’s family of names
Andrews has a related form in Andrew. In English usage, Andrews as a surname has a related form in ANDRUS. In English usage, Andrews as a surname has a related form in ANDRUS.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Andrews
- Andrews ThazhathArchbishop of Trichurborn 1951
- Andrews Engelmannactor (1901-1992)
- Andrews NortonAmerican theologian (1786-1853)
- Andrews Adjei-YeboahMember of the Parliament of Ghanaborn 1955
- Andrews NakaharaBrazilian martial artistborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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