Given name & surname
Andris
“manliness”·“virility”·“manly; a warrior”
Andris is a variant of Andrea. For the English feminine name, one alternative theory points to Greek andreia, “manliness” or “virility.” This is a proposed route of formation, not a settled translation covering every use of Andrea. Andris is a variant of André. In French use, André carries the interpretation “manly; a warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Andris is a variant of Andrea. For the English feminine name, one alternative theory points to Greek andreia, “manliness” or “virility.” This is a proposed route of formation, not a settled translation covering every use of Andrea. Andris is a variant of André. In French use, André carries the interpretation “manly; a warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Andris is a variant of Andrea. Italian Andrea is the equivalent of Andrew. English feminine Andrea is usually connected with Andreas, though an independent English creation from a Greek word has also been proposed.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Hungarian usage, Andris is a diminutive of András. Andris is a variant of Andrea. The shared background comes through Andrea: The Italian and English traditions should be read separately. The English name may be a feminine adaptation of Andreas; another explanation treats it as a learned coinage from andreia. The evidence does not establish one route with certainty.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Andris is a variant of Andrea. The history of Andrea gives this family its wider story. The English feminine name is documented from the seventeenth century rather than the Middle Ages. That later appearance is part of the reason its origin has been debated separately from Italian masculine Andrea.
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Andris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 222
- 222 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,148 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,148 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1953. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 688 as a first name in 2020; 515 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.
Andris’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Andris is a diminutive of András. In Latvian usage, Andris has a feminine form in Andra. In Latvian usage, Andris has a conventional equivalent in the English form Andrew.
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Around the world
Andris has relatives in 10 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AndrewEnglish
- AndresEstonian
- AndyEnglish
- AndreasGerman
- Andrafeminine form · Latvian
- AndrzejPolish
- AndrusEstonian
- Andrasequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Andris
- Andris Bērziņšeighth president of Latvia (born 1944)
- Andris NelsonsLatvian conductor (born 1978)
- Andris KulbergsPrime Minister of Latvia since 2026born 1979
- Andris BiedriņšLatvian basketball player (born 1986)
- Andris BērziņšPrime Minister of Latvia (born 1951)
- Andris PiebalgsLatvian politician (born 1957)
- Andris ŠicsLatvian bobsledder (born 1985)
- Andris VaņinsLatvian footballer (born 1980)
- Andris ŠķēleLatvian politician and claimed oligarch (born 1958)
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