Andrew name - Meaning of Andrew
- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 11
- Usage
- English, Biblical, Greek
- Pronounced
- AN-droo (English)
- Andrew Meaning
- From the Greek name Ανδρεας (Andreas) , which was derived from ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος (andros) "of a man"). In the New Testament the apostle Andrew, the first disciple to join Jesus, is the brother of Simon Peter. According to tradition, he later preached in the Black Sea region, with some legends saying he was crucified on an X-shaped cross. Andrew, being a Greek name, was probably only a nickname or a translation of his real Hebrew name, which is not known. This name has been common (in various spellings) throughout the Christian world, and it became very popular in the Middle Ages. Saint Andrew is regarded as the patron of Scotland, Russia, Greece and Romania. The name has been borne by three kings of Hungary, American president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), and, more recently, English composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948-). Andrew originates in Greek language and means "virile, manly". In the New Testament, Andrew was an apostle and the first disciple of Jesus. Some sources suggest that the Greek name Andrew was actually just a nickname or a translation of the original Hebrew name of the apostle that is not known. As a masculine given name it started gaining popularity in the 1950s and currently it’s one of most popular names in the US.
Andrew Related Names
Variant: Andre (English)
Diminutives: Andie, Andy, Drew (English)
Feminine Forms: Andi, Andie, Andra, Andrea, Andy, Drea, Andrina, Malandra (English)
Other Languages: Andre, Deandre (African American), Andreas (Ancient Greek), Ander (Basque), Andreas (Biblical Greek), Andreas (Biblical Latin), Andrei, Andrey (Bulgarian), Andreu (Catalan), Andria (Corsican), Andrej, Andrija, Andro (Croatian), Andrej, Ondřej (Czech), Anders, Andreas (Danish), Andreas, Andries (Dutch), Andres, Andrus (Estonian), Antero, Antti, Tero (Finnish), André (French), Andria, Andro (Georgian), Andreas (German), Andreas (Greek), Andor, András, Endre, Andris, Bandi (Hungarian), Aindréas, Aindriú (Irish), Andrea (Italian), Andrejs, Andris (Latvian), Andrius (Lithuanian), Andrej (Macedonian), Anaru (Maori), Anders, Andreas (Norwegian), Andrzej, Jędrzej (Polish), André (Portuguese), Andrei (Romanian), Andrei, Andrey (Russian), Ándaras (Sami), Aindrea, Dand (Scottish), Andrej, Andrija (Serbian), Andrej, Ondrej (Slovak), Andraž, Andrej (Slovene), Andrés (Spanish), Anders, Andreas (Swedish), Andriy (Ukrainian), Andreas, Andras (Welsh)
Andrew Celebrities
Andrew Jackson - former US President, Andrew Johnson - former US President, Andrew Alberts - hockey player, Andrew Blake - film director, Andrew Brown - baseball player, Andrew Coelho - tennis player, Andrew Davie - football player,
