Given name
Andrzej
“manly; a warrior”
Andrzej is a variant of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Andrzej is a variant of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Andrzej is a variant of Andrew. An origin associated with Andrew is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Andrzej is used as a form of Andrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Andrzej through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 384
- 384 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,784 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −35%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,784 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 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,622 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Andrzej’s family of names
In Polish usage, Andrzej has a diminutive in ANDRZEJEK. Andrzej shares a linguistic root with Andrew. In Polish usage, Andrzej has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Andrea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Andrzej has relatives in 40 languages.
40 related names in 40 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 51
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AndresEstonian
- AndreaItalian
- Andreequivalent
- AnderBasque
- AndersSwedish, Norwegian Bokmål
- AndreasGerman, Swedish
- Andreyequivalent
- AndrejCzech, Slovene
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- Andriyequivalent
- AndrusEstonian
- Andorequivalent
- AndrisLatvian
- AnteroFinnish
- Androwequivalent
- OndrejSlovak
- AndrejsLatvian
- AndriusLithuanian
- AndreuCatalan
- AndreoEsperanto
- Anttiequivalent
- Drejcequivalent
- Андрійequivalent
- АндрейRussian
- ΑνδρέαςGreek
- AndréPortuguese, French
- AndrésSpanish
- Andžejsborrowing · Latvian
- OndřejCzech
- Andronikosequivalent
- Andréasequivalent
- Ανδρόνικοςequivalent
- Andriejusequivalent
- Anndraequivalent
- Ἀνδρόνικοςequivalent
- Jynrekwym
- Jędrawym
- AndrásHungarian
- Андрі́йUkrainian
- Ἀνδρέαςroot · gr, Ancient Greek
- аньдреиcu
- АндрејSerbian
- AndriesDutch
- Andrzéjcsb
- AindriúIrish
- AnnassiGreenlandic
- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌰𐍃Gothic
- AtteFinnish
- AndrijaCroatian
- Андре́йBulgarian
- АндрэйBelarusian
- أندراوسArabic
See also 8
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Andrzej
- Andrzej Dudapolitician and lawyer, president of Poland from 2015 to 2025born 1972
- Andrzej WajdaPolish film director (1926–2016)
- Tadeusz KościuszkoPolish, Lithuanian and American military leader (1746–1817)
- Andrzej SapkowskiPolish novelist (born 1948)
- Andrzej ŻuławskiPolish film director (1940–2016)
- Andrzej Munkfilm director (1921-1961)
- Andrzej SzarmachPolish footballerborn 1950
- Andrzej PanufnikPolish composer and conductor (1914–1991)
- Andrzej KubicaPolish association football playerborn 1972
Characters named Andrzej: Andrzej Kmicic (fictional character).
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