Given name & surname
Andries
“manly; a warrior”
Andries is a form of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Andries is a form of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Andries is a form of Andrew. An origin associated with Andrew is Greek.
Explained through its name family
Andries’s family of names
Andries has a short form in Dries. Andries shares a linguistic root with Andrew. In Dutch usage, Andries has a related form in Andreas.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Andries has relatives in 9 languages.
10 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Andries
- Andries NoppertDutch association football player (born 1994)
- Andries PretoriusSouth African politician (1798–1853)
- Andries JonkerDutch football managerborn 1962
- Andries Cornelis Dirk de GraeffDutch politician and diplomat (1872-1957)
- Andries de GraeffMayor of Amsterdam, Dutch Statesman1611–1678
- Andries van EertveltFlemish painter (1590-1652)
- Andries BothDutch painter (c.1612–1642)
- Andries BongerDutch artist and art collector (1861-1936) Johanna van Gogh-Bonger's brother and Theo van Gogh's friend, who later became his brother-in-law.
- Dries NiemannSouth African boxer1927–2009
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