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Andrew is the English form of a given name and surname common in many countries. Alternatives include André, Andrey, Andrei, Andrzej, Andrej, András, Andrés, Andrius, Andreas, Andreu, Anders, Antero and Endrew. ‘Andrew’ is a common name in List of countries where English is an official language|English-speaking countries . In the 1990s it was among the top ten most popular names for boys in those countries. In Italian language|Italian , the equivalent to "Andrew" is " Andrea ", though "Andrea" is feminine in most other languages. Andrew is frequently shortened to "Andy" or "Drew".

The word is derived from the , Andreas , itself related to aner/andros , "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "strong", "courageous", and "warrior". In the Authorized King James Version|King James Bible , the Greek "??d??a?" is translated as Andrew .

Popularity

Australia

In 1990, the name Andrew was the seventh most popular name in Australia. In 1980, it was the 19th most common name, while in 1970, it was the 31st most common name. Andrew was the second most popular boys name in the Northern Territory in 1980. In Victoria, Andrew was the third 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 - 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 boy's name among infants, and it was third in 1964.

In Norway, with the spelling 'Andreas', the name has been the second most common boy's name of the 1990s.

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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 America.

Andrew variants

Aindrea, Aindreas or Anndra : Scottish Gaelic for males

Aindréas, Aindriú, Aindreas : Irish Gaelic for males

Anaru (disambiguation)|Anaru : Maori Language|New Zealand , for males - Maori transliteration of Andrew

Ander : Basque language|Basque for males

Anders : Danish language|Danish , Norwegian language|Norwegian , Swedish language|Swedish for males

András , Endre : Hungarian language|Hungarian for males

Andraš Prekmurian language|Prekmurian for males

Andraž : Slovene language|Slovene for males

Andre (disambiguation)|Andre : Javanese language|Javanese for males

André : French language|French , Galician language|Galician , Portuguese language|Portuguese , Armenian language|Armenian for males

Andreea : Romanian language|Romanian for females

Andrée : French language|French for females

Andrees : Older Dutch language|Dutch and seldom used Afrikaans for males

Andrei : Moldovan language|Moldovan , Romanian language|Romanian , Russian language|Russian or Macedonian for males

Andreia : Portuguese language|Portuguese for females

Andreina : Italian language|Italian for females

Andris : Latvian language|Latvian for males

Andrej or Ondrej : Slovak language|Slovak (Slovakia) , Croatian and Serbian, Slovene language|Slovene for males

Andrey : Russian language|Russian and Bulgarian language|Bulgarian for males (Cyrillic and thus often alternatively transliterated as Andrey for both); Romanian language|Romanian for males

Andreja : Croatian, Slovene language|Slovene for females

Andres (disambiguation)|Andres : Estonian language|Estonian for males

Andres (disambiguation)|Andrés : Icelandic language|Icelandic , Spanish language|Spanish for males

Andreu (disambiguation)|Andreu : Catalan language|Catalan for males

Andreus : Greek language|Greek

Andrew: English language|English for males

Andric : English language|English for males

Andries : Dutch language|Dutch and Afrikaans for males

Andri : Icelandic language|Icelandic for Males

Andrii : Ukrainian language|Ukrainian for males

Andrija : Croatian language|Croatian , Serbian for males

Andris or Andrejs : Latvian language|Latvian for males

Andriú : Gaeilge for males

Andrius : Lithuanian language|Lithuanian for males

Andriy : Ukrainian language|Ukrainian for males

Andrzej (disambiguation)|Andrzej or Jedrzej : Polish language|Polish for males

Andrzeja : Polish language|Polish for females; obsolete

Ondrej : Czech language|Czech for males

Indri (name)|Indri : Maltese language|Maltese for males

In Albanian language|Albanian : Andrea , Endri, Ndreçi (diminutive), Andri, Andi (witch is the same as Andy but fot effects of pronounciation in albanian language is used like Andi), only for males

Antti : Finnish for males

For alternate forms of Anna, see Anna (name)#Variant forms

Famous Andrews

Saint Andrew

In the Christian Bible , Saint Andrew was the earliest disciple of Jesus and one of the twelve Apostles .

Other saints named Andrew include:

Saint Andrew of Trier (d. 235), Bishop of Trier

Saint Andrew of Crete , an 8th century archbishop, theologian, homilist, and hymnographer

Saint Andrew of Crete (martyr)

Saint Andrew of Constantinople

Saints Andrew Dung-Lac|Andrew Dung-Lac An Tran , Andrew Thong Kim Nguyen, Andrew Trong Van Tram, and Andrew Tuong of the Vietnamese Martyrs

Saint Andrew Kim Taegon of the Korean Martyrs

Kings Andrew

King Andrew I of Hungary

King Andrew II of Hungary

King Andrew III of Hungary

Princes Andrew

Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960–), second son of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II

Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882–1944), the aforementioned's paternal grandfather and namesake

Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|Edward VIII (1894–1972) bore the name Andrew

Prince William of Gloucester (1941–1972), grandson of George V of the United Kingdom|George V , was William Henry Andrew Frederick

United States Presidents

Andrew Jackson (7th President of the United States of America)

Andrew Johnson (17th President of the United States of America)

Business, culture, science and sport

Andre Agassi - American tennis player

Andrew Bloom , American Olympic shot putter

Andrew Bogut - basketball player

Andrew Brunette - ice hockey player

Andrew Buckley (field hockey)|Andrew Buckley - field hockey player

Andrew Bynum - basketball player

Andrew Carnegie - steel magnate and philanthropist

Andrew Dice Clay|Andrew "Dice" Clay - comedian

Andrew Clayton - freestyle swimmer

Andrew Cole - footballer

Andrew Davies (writer)|Andrew Davies - screenwriter

Andrew Flintoff - cricketer

Andrew Rube Foster - Hall of Fame manager for baseball's Negro Leagues

Andrew Gaze - basketball player

Andy Gibb - pop singer and composer

Andrew Graham-Dixon - art historian and broadcaster

Andy Griffith - actor/singer/comedian

Andrew Hastie - field hockey player

Andrew Huxley - physiologist

Andrew Johns - rugby league player

Andrew Johnson (English footballer)|Andrew Johnson - footballer

Andrew Johnston (Australian actor)|Andrew Johnston - actor

Andy Kaufman - comedian

Andrew Knott - English actor

Andrew Ladd - ice hockey player

Andrew Lang - man of letters

Andrew Lincoln - British actor

Andrew Lloyd Webber - composer and impresario

Andrew Luck - American football player

Andrew Marr - broadcaster

Andy Murray (tennis player)|Andrew Murray - tennis player

Andrew Marvell - poet

Andrew Neil - political journalist and broadcaster

Andrew Raycroft - ice hockey player

Andy Richter - actor/writer/comedian

Andrew Ridgeley - English musician

Andrew Robinson (water polo)|Andrew Robinson - water polo player

Andrew Sachs - character actor

Andrew Sega - American musician

Andy Shernoff|Andrew "Andy" Shernoff - songwriter/guitarist for the pre-punk band The Dictators

Andrew Stahl - television and film actor

Andrew Stanton - "Pixar" producer, director, voice actor, and screenwriter

Andrew Stockdale - guitarist and singer of Wolfmother

Andrew Symonds - cricketer

Andrew Tanenbaum - Computer Scientist

Andrew Timlin - field hockey player

Andrew Toney - basketball player

Andy Van Slyke - baseball player

Andrew Van Wyngarden - musician

Andrew W.K. - singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, entertainer, and motivational speaker

Andrew Wagner - American film director

Andrew Walter - American football player

Andy Warhol - famous Pop artist

Andrew Wood (singer) - singer

Brother Andrew

Brother Andrew is a Christian famed for his message to the oppressed church behind the Iron Curtain and for founding the charity Open Doors .

In fiction

Andrew, angel of death from Touched by an Angel

Andy Davis, character from Disney Pixar's Toy Story and its sequels

Andrew, robot from Isaac Asimov 's 1976 novella The Bicentennial Man and its Bicentennial Man (film)|1999 film adaptation

Ender Wiggin|Andrew Wiggin aka Ender Wiggin , the title character from Orson Scott Card 's famous science fiction novel '' Ender's Game

Andrew "Drew" Torres, from Degrassi: The Next Generation

Andrew "Andy" Dufresne, from the Stephen King novel Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption and the film adaption The Shawshank Redemption .

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