Given name & surname
Andrus
Andrus is a surname. It is used in English and Estonian.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Andrus isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Andrus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 138
- 138 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,150 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. 12,150 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 247 as a first name in 2020; 10,078 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.
Andrus’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Andrus has a related form in Andrew. In Estonian usage, Andrus has a conventional equivalent in the English form Andrew. In Estonian usage, Andrus has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Andrea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Andrus has relatives in 23 languages.
22 related names in 23 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Andrus
- Andrus AnsipEstonian chemist and politician (born 1956)
- Andrus VärnikEstonian athletics competitor (born 1977)
- Andrus VeerpaluEstonian cross-country skier (born 1971)
- Andrus KivirähkEstonian writer (born 1970)
- Andrus AugEstonian cyclist (born 1972)
- Andrus ÖövelEstonian politician, canoeist and sportsperson (born 1957)
- Andrus MeriloEstonian military personnel (born 1973)
- Andrus JohaniEstonian painter (1906–1941)
- Andrus PeatAmerican football player (born 1993)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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