Given name & surname
Ondrej
“a manly man”
Ondrej is used as a given name and a surname. One Czech interpretation is “a manly man.”
Original CzechAndrej
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Czech interpretation is “a manly man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Czech.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ondrej through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14
- 14 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 239 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.
Ondrej’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Ondrej has a diminutive in ONDREJKO. In Slovak usage, Ondrej has a conventional equivalent in the English form Andrew. In Slovak usage, Ondrej has a conventional equivalent in the German form Andreas.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ondrej has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Czech roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Ondravsekvariant
- Ondrousekvariant
- Ondrejecvariant
- Ondrejekvariant
- Ondriškodiminutive · Slovak
- Ondríčekdiminutive · Slovak
- Ondríkdiminutive · Slovak
- Ondrejkodiminutive · Slovak
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Across languages 29
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Andrejalso known as · Czech, Slovak
- OndřejCzech
- AndrewEnglish
- Andresequivalent
- Andreaequivalent
- Andreequivalent
- Anderequivalent
- Andersequivalent
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- AndreasGerman
- Andreyequivalent
- Andriyequivalent
- AndrzejPolish
- Andorequivalent
- AndrusEstonian
- Andreuequivalent
- Androwequivalent
- Andriusequivalent
- Andrejsequivalent
- Андрейequivalent
- Anttiequivalent
- Drejcequivalent
- Андрійequivalent
- ΑνδρέαςGreek
- AndréPortuguese, French
- JędrzejPolish
- AndrésSpanish
- Andréasequivalent
- Andrásequivalent
- Andriejusequivalent
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ondrej
- Ondrej DudaSlovak association football playerborn 1994
- Ondrej NepelaSlovak figure skater (1951–1989)
- Ondrej KrištofíkCzechoslovak soccer playerborn 1966
- Ondrej Debnárassociation football playerborn 1972
- Ondrej LenárdSlovak conductorborn 1942
- Ondrej OtčenášSlovak ice hockey playerborn 1987
- Ondrej ŠmelkoSlovak soccer playerborn 1967
- Ondrej DaňkoCzechoslovak soccer playerborn 1948
- Ondrej GlajzaSlovak cyclist, born in 1966
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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