Andrey name meaning

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Updated: May 30th, 2024
Gender: Boy
Origin: Old Greek
Usage: Russian, Slavic, Finnish, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian
Pronunciation: pronunciation of Andrey an-DRAY
Meaning: The Brave, Of a Man, The Manly and Man
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Andrey meaning and origin

What does Andrey mean?

Andrey is Russian form of Andreas. Also Andrey is Slavic and Russian cognate of Andrew.

How do I pronounce Andrey?

The most common pronunciation of two syllabled Andrey is an-DRAY. The name can also be pronounced as a-nd-rey or an-drey.

Variants of Andrey

Andreas, Andrew, Ander, Adnrew, Andra, Andrewjacob, Leander, Andor, Andrea

How popular is the name Andrey?

Andrey is a familiar baby name in United States, it has been in use since 1950 and was able to reach the top 2000 names. In 2012, it ranked 1585th when 99 boy were named Andrey.

Over 2440 people have been named Andrey in United States. Andrey is an uncommon baby name in England and Wales where it has been in use since 2000 and achieved its top ranking of 1688 in 2011.

Over 151 babies in England and Wales have been named Andrey. Also, it is uncommon in France, where it has been in use since 1964 and peaked in 1969 when it ranked 1446th.

Andrey is a rare baby name in Ireland where it is still in use. However things change on global perspective, Andrey is extremely popular in Russia where every 1 in 50 have the name as well as in, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

Also the baby name is popular in Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Transnistria, Moldova, Bulgaria, Brazil, Egypt and Poland. According to our research, over 4650000 babies have been named Andrey globally.

YearBoysGirls
RankBirthsRankBirths
202325005300
202226385000
202125745000
202022546000
201920746900
201821196600
201717468800
201618757900
201516679400
201416079700
View more ▾View full list ▾[1] Source: Social Security Administration

Facts

Andrey in Nordic countries

CountriesMenWomen
First NameSecondary NameFirst NameSecondary Name
Netherlands5850
Finland10398100
Sweden2001650
Norway8510750
Denmark56050

What numbers say about Andrey?

If you have the letter A as your cornerstone, you are a born leader who likes to have control over everything. Unexpected problems boost your confidence and raise your adrenaline because you look at them as ways to prove you can handle just about everything coming on your way. You don't share the usual opinion of things and the ordinary life perspective. You like to observe things and people. You have a restless spirit and booming energy.

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  •  Agrippa - Boy name Agrippa came from Old Greek, meaning of Agrippa is "Born Feet First" is used in Hungarian
  •  Ael means Messenger or Rampart is originated from Greek and Breton and is used in Breton is a baby boy name
  •  Evgeniya is used specifically in Slavic and Russian is rooted from Old Greek, Evgeniya means "Of Noble Descent and Well-Born" is bestowed upon baby girls. Evgeniya is derivative of Eugenia.
  •  Mara means Rule or Variant of Maria is majorly used in Danish and African, a gender insensitive name has origin in Hebrew and Old Greek
  •  Dorion - Originated from Old Greek, Anomalous Dorion means "Descendant of Dorus or Of the Sea" and customarily is used for baby boys is notably used in English

Middle names for Andrey

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Sibling Names for Andrey

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Famous people named Andrey

  • Andrey Ershov, Soviet computer scientist
  • Andrey Osterman, German-born Russian statesman
  • Andrey Razumovsky, Russian diplomat
  • Andrey II of Vladimir, third son of Yaroslav II
  • Andrey of Gorodets, a Russian prince, son of Alexander Nevsky
  • Andrey Arkhangelsky, Russian geologist
  • Andrey Bogolyubsky,
  • Andrey Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian entomologist specializing in beetles
  • Andrey Yefimovich Martynov, Russian painter and engraver
  • Andrey Prokofyev, Soviet athlete
  • Andrey Yepishin, He won a silver medal
  • Andrey Lukanov, Bulgarian politician
  • Andrey Korotkov, Dr
  • Andrey Kurkov, Ukrainian novelist and an independent thinker
  • Andrey Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian musicologist and son of the Russian composers Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova
  • Andrey Kurbsky, intimate friend and then a leading political opponent of the Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible
  • Andrey Chokhov, highly prominent Russian cannon and bell caster
  • Andrey Zaliznyak, Russian linguist, an expert
  • Andrey Kvasov, notable Baroque architect
  • Andrey Bronitsyn, member for the LDPR of the State Duma of Russia
  • Andrey Golovatyuk, member for the LDPR of the State Duma of Russia
  • Andrey Vasilyevich Martynov, Russian entomologist and palaeontologist
  • Andrey Lukin, chess International Master and a chess coach
  • Andrey Matveyev, Russian statesman of the Petrine epoch best remembered as one of the first Russian ambassadors and Peter the Great's agent
  • Andrey Lyapchev, Bulgarian Prime minister
  • Andrey Sychyov, former Russian soldier
  • Andrey Boreyko, Russian conductor
  • Andrey Toshev, was Prime Minister of Bulgaria in 1935
  • Andrey Bolshoy, third son of Vasili II of Russia
  • Andrey Korf, first Viceroy of the Russian Far East
  • Andrey Bolotov, most prolific memoirist and the most distinguished agriculturist of the 18th-century Russian Empire
  • Andrey Tissin, Russian sprint canoer
  • Andrey Tereshin, male high jumper from Russia
  • Andrey Kirilov, Russian cross country skier
  • Andrey Dundukov, Soviet/Russian Nordic combined skier
  • Andrey Kozlov, first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation
  • Andrey Nikolayevich Sakharov, anti-Normanist Russian and Soviet historian
  • Andrey Voronikhin, Russian architect and painter
  • Andrey Lavrov, Russian handball goalkeeper and the only three times Olympic handball champion
  • Andrey Loginov, retired Russian middle distance runner
  • Andrey Ignatov, retired Russian long jumper
  • Andrey Fedorovich Budberg, Russian Empire diplomat
  • Andrey Drevin, Russian sculptor
  • Andrey Zadorozhniy, Russian middle distance runner
  • Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker
  • Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician best
  • Andrey Kolmogorov, 20th-century Soviet mathematician
  • Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, Soviet and Russian mathematician and geophysicist
  • Andrey Sheptytsky, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
  • Andrey Korotayev, Russian anthropologist, economic historian, comparative political scientist, demographer and sociologist, with major contributions to world-systems theory, cross-cultural studies
  • Andrey Vlasov, officeholder
  • Andrey Vyshinsky, Soviet politician, jurist and diplomat
  • Andrey Illarionov, Russian economist and former economic policy advisor to the President of Russia
  • Andrey Yeryomenko, Soviet general during World War II and
  • Andrey Kivilev, professional road bicycle racer from Taldykorgan

Sources

  1. Social Security Administration, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html
  2. Office for National Statistics, https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths
  3. Central Statistics Office - An Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh, https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/babynames
  4. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2540004
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