Andrew
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| Pronunciation | /ˈændruː/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Name day | November 30 |
| Origin | |
| Language | Greek |
| Meaning | manly, strong and brave |
| Region of origin | Greece |
| Other names | |
| Nicknames | Andy, Drew |
| Related names | Ander, Andros, Anders, Anderson, André, Andrei, Andreu, Andris, Andrius, Andrejs, Andrzej, Jędrzej, Andriy, Andrea, Andreas, Andrés, Ondřej, Ondrej, Andrean, An |
Andrew is the English form from the Old French name Andreu[1] / Andrieu (now French surnames), themselves from Latin Andreas, from Greek-derived given name Andreas (Greek: Ἀνδρέας).[1] It is related to Ancient Greek: ἀνήρ/ἀνδρός aner/andros, "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "brave", "strong", "courageous", and "warrior". In the King James Bible, the Greek "Ἀνδρέας" is translated as Andrew.[2]
Variants by language
[edit]Masculine
[edit]- Aindrea, Aindreas, Anndra (Scottish Gaelic)
- Aindréas, Aindréis, Aindriú (Irish)
- Ander (Basque)
- Änder (Luxembourgish)
- Anders (Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish)
- Andi (Albanian)
- Andis, Andijs, Andrejs, Andris, Andžejs, Anžejs, Endijs (Latvian)
- András, Endre (Hungarian)
- Andras (Welsh)
- Andraž (Slovene)
- André (Canadian, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Latin, Luxembourgish, Polish, Portuguese), Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish
- Andrea (Albanian, Italian, Latin)
- Andreas (Armenian, Cypriot Greek, Danish, German, Greek, Norwegian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Swedish, Turkish, Welsh)
- Andrei, Andrey (Romanian, Belarusian, Russian)
- Andrej (Croatian, Slovak, Slovene)
- Andreja, Andrija (Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene)
- Andrėjus, Andrius (Lithuanian)
- Andres (Estonian, Norwegian)
- Andrés (Spanish)
- Andreu (Catalan, Spanish, German, French)
- Andreus (Latin)
- Andri (Icelandic, Romansh)
- Andria (Sardinian)
- Andríc (Croatian, Serbian)
- Andries (Dutch, Afrikaans)
- Andrii, Andriy (Ukrainian)
- Andros (Greek)
- Andrzej, Jędrzej (Polish)
- Antero, Antti (Finnish)
- Ondřej (Czech)
- Ondrej (Slovak)
Feminine
[edit]- Andrea (worldwide)
- Andréia (Portuguese)
- Andréanne, Andréane, Andrée (French)
- Andreea (Romanian)
- Andreina (Italian)
- Andreja (Croatian, Slovene)
- Andrijana (Macedonian, Serbian)
Surnames derived from the name and its variants
[edit]Czech surnames
[edit]Antonín Kotík lists the following Czech surnames derived from the name: Ondřej, Ondřejc, Vondřejec, Ondřejek, Ondřejk, Vondřejk, Ondřík, Ondrejk, Ondrejka, Ondříček, Ondřejíček, Ondra, Vondra, Vondrů, Vondrovic, Vondrovec, Onderka, Onderek, Ondrák, Vondrák, Vůndrák, Vondráč, Vondráček, Ondráš, Ondrášek, Vondrášek, Vondrouš, Vondroušek, Ondroušek, Vondruška, Vondrys, Vondrejs, Vondřejš, Vondrysek, Ondřiska, Ondřich, Vondřich, Vondřech, Vondrych, Ondrouch, Ondrách, Ondříšek, Oneš, Voneš, Vonáš, Vonášek, Vonásek, Vonka, Vonáček, Voňátko, Ondok, Vondulka, Andreáš, Andres, Andrýs, Endrys, Andrejs, Andrejš, Andrysek, Andrejsek, Andresík, Andreska, Vandruška, Andráško, Andrášek, Andrysák, Andrs, Endrs, Endrst, Endršt, Andr, Andrt, Andrák, Anděra, Anderka, Andriál, Andrle, Andrdle, Endrle, Endlíček, Andrlík, Andys, Endyš, Endrej, Jendrûlek, Povondra.[3] Also Ondráček.
French surnames
[edit]André ; North, Normandy and Occitanie : Andrieu, Andrieux ; North : Andrez ; East : Andrey ; Limousin : Andreix ; North, Occitanie : Andreu. [4]
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles beginning with Andrew
- Andy (given name)
- Drew (name)
- List of people with given name Andrew
- List of storms named Andrew
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Online Etymology Dictionary". Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ "Bible Concordance: Andrew". Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ Kotík, Antonín (1894). Naše příjmení (in Czech). p. 28.
- ^ Albert Dauzat (édition revue et augmentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet), Noms et prénoms de France : dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille et prénoms de France, Larousse, 1980, p. 9a.
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