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Andrew is the English form of the given name, common in many countries. The word is derived from the Greek: Ἀνδρέας, Andreas, itself 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. Etymology The word is derived from the Greek: Ἀνδρέας, Andreas, itself related to Ancient Greek: ἀνήρ/ἀνδρός aner/andros, "man" (as opposed to "woman or girl"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "brave", "strong", "courageous", and "warrior". In the King James Bible, the Greek "Ἀνδρέας" is translated as Andrew. Popularity In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in English-speaking countries. Australia In 2000, the name Andrew was the second most popular name in Australia after James. In 1999, it was the 19th most common name, while in 1940, it was the 31st most common name. Andrew was the first most popular name given to boys in the Northern Territory in 2003 to 2015 and continuing. In Victoria, Andrew was the first most popular name for a boy in the 1970s. Canada Andrew was the 20th most popular name chosen for male infants in 2005. Andrew was the 16th most popular name for infants in British Columbia in 2004, the 17th most popular name in 2003, and the 19th most popular name in 2002. In 2001, it was the 18th most common name. From 1999 to 2003, Andrew was the sixth most often chosen name for a boy. Europe In the United Kingdom in 1974, Andrew was the fourth-most common name given to baby boys, and it was third in 1964. In Scotland, Andrew was the most popular name given to baby boys in 1993, with 1,099 boys given the name that year. In Norway, with the spelling 'Andreas', the name has been the second-most common name given to boys of the 1990s. United States The eleventh most common baby name in 2006, Andrew was among the ten most popular names for male infants in 2005. Andrew was the sixth most popular choice for a male infant in 2004. In 2002 and 2001, Andrew was the seventh most popular baby name in the United States. In the 1980s, Andrew was the 19th most popular choice of baby name in the United States. In the 1970s it was the 31st most popular name. From the 1960s stretching back at least as far as the 1880s, Andrew was not among the forty most popular names in the United States. Variants by language Anaru: Māori, masculine Andria: Georgian, masculine Aindrea, Aindreas, Anndra: Scottish Gaelic, masculine Aindréas, Aindréis, Aindriú: Irish, masculine Anaru: Maori, masculine Andra: Scots, masculine Ander: Basque, masculine Änder: Luxembourgish Anders: Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish Andrìa: Sardinian Andy: Polynesian Andras: Welsh András, Endre: Hungarian, masculine Andraš: Prekmurje dialect of Slovene, masculine Andraž: Slovene, masculine André: French, English, Latin, Catalan, Luxembourgish, Dutch, Estonian, Romanian, German, Canadian, Hungarian, Danish, Swedish, Corsican, Icelandic, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Polish and Portuguese, masculine Andrea: Albanian, Italian, Latin, masculine; Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian (only recently), Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, feminine Andréa : French, Portuguese Andréanne : French, feminine Andréane : French Andréana : Malgasy Andreas: Armenian, Cypriot Greek, Danish, German, Greek, Norwegian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Swedish, Turkish, Welsh, masculine Andros: Greek, masculine Andreu: Catalan, masculine Andreea: Romanian, feminine Andrée: French, feminine Marie-Andrée, Anne-Andrée, Andrée-Anne, Andrée-Marie, French, feminine Andrees: Older Dutch and seldom used Afrikaans, masculine Andrei: Moldovan, Romanian, Belarusian, Russian, masculine Andréia: Portuguese, feminine Andreina: Italian, feminine Andris, Andrejs, Andis: Latvian, masculine Andrej: Belarusian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, masculine Andrey: Russian and Bulgarian, masculine (Cyrillic and thus often alternatively transliterated as Andrei for both) Andreja: Macedonian, masculine; Croatian, Slovene, feminine Andres: Estonian, masculine Andrés: Icelandic, Spanish, masculine Andressa: Portuguese, feminine Andreu: Catalan, masculine Andreus: Latin, masculine Andrew: English, Indonesian, masculine Andrėja: Lithuanian, feminine Andrėjus: Lithuanian, Masculine ანდრი, Andri: Georgian, masculine Andri: Icelandic, masculine ანდრია, Andria: Georgian, masculine Andric: English, masculine Andries: Dutch and Afrikaans, masculine Andrii: Ukrainian, masculine Andrija: Croatian and Serbian, masculine Andrijana: Macedonian, Serbian, feminine Andis, Andris, Andrejs, Anžejs or Andžejs: Latvian, masculine Andrius: Lithuanian, masculine Andriy: Ukrainian, masculine Andrzej or Jędrzej: Polish, masculine Andrzeja: Polish, feminine; obsolete Aneterea: Samoan, masculine Anintelu: Tongan, masculine Antti: Finnish, masculine Ondřej: Czech, masculine Ondrej or Andrej: Slovak, masculine Andrij: Ukrainian, masculine Indrì or Andrija: Maltese, masculine Andis, Andijs or Endijs: Latvian, masculine Andi: Albanian, masculine അന്ത്രയോസ്: Malayalam, masculine ఆంద్రేయ: Telugu, masculine 앤드루: Korean, masculine アンドリュウ: Japanese, masculine 安德鲁: Mandarin Chinese (simplified), masculine 安德魯: Mandarin Chinese (traditional), masculine أندراوس, Andarāwus: Arabic, masculine (or أندريه, Andrayh from French, or أندرو, Andrū from English) እንድሪያስ: Amharic, masculine اندرآي (Romanized: Andrai): Ziyadi, masculine Surname Anderson Andrews People named Andrew List of people with given name Andrew Andrew (surname), including a list of people with surname Andrew Andy, informal See also All pages with titles beginning with Andrew All pages with titles beginning with Andy All pages with titles beginning with Drew Andy (given name) Andre (disambiguation) Andrea Andreas Andreou Andrey Andrew (surname) Anderson (surname) References. 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