Andrew

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Andrew

Gender: Masculine
Language: English
Etymology:
Andrew is the English form of a Greek name. Originally it meant “Manly,” from “andreios” (man).

History:
Andrew was introduced to England with the Normans in 1066. It’s first recorded appearance is in 1086 in the Doomsday Book. It was popular in England, Scotland, and Scandinavia in the Middle Ages, and became even more so during the Reformation. Andew has remained common ever since.

Pronunciation: ann-drew.

Diminutives:
Breton: Drev (DRAY-oh).
Czech: Ondra, Ondrejek, Ondrásek, Ondrousek.
Dutch: Dries.
English: Andy, Drew, Dru, Drue.
Finnish: Antti.
Polish: Jednek, Jedrik, Jednis.

Alternates: Androw, Androwe, Andrian, Andric, Andriel.
Basque: Ander.
Breton: Andrev (ahn-DRAY-oh).
Catalan: Andreu.
Czech: András, Androusek, Ondrus.
Danish: Andreas, Anker.
Dutch: Andreas, Andries.
Finnish: Antero.
French: André, Aundre.
German: Andreas.
Hawaiian: Anakele, Analu.
Hungarian: András, Andor, Endre, Endras.
Irish Gaelic: Aindreas, Aindrias, Aindriú.
Italian: Andrea.
Latin: Andreas.
Manx: Andreays.
Polish: Andrzej, Jedrzej, Jedrek, Jedrej.
Portuguese: Andre.
Russian: Andrei, Andrey.
Scandinavian: Ander, Anders.
Scottish: Aindrea, Andra, Amdra.
Slovak: Ondrej.
Spanish: Andrés, Andreo.
Swedish: Andreas.
Ukrainian: Andrei.
Welsh: Andras, Andreas.

Surnames:
Czech: Ondrus.
English: Anderson, Druce.
Hungarian: Endrassy.
Irish: McAndrew.
Italian: D’Andrea.
Latinized: Andrex.
Norwegian: Andresen, Anders, Enders.
Polish: Andrzejewski.
Portuguese: Andrade.
Scottish: Andrews, McAndrew.
Swedish: Anderson, Anderssen. Andersson.
Ukrainian: Andrijenko.
Welsh: Druce, Druson.

Feminine: Andrea.

See also: André, Andres, Andy.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Andrea Pisano (circa 1280-1348/9)
German sculptor.
Andrea Da Firenze (Di Bonaiuti) (circa 1337-circa 1377)
Italian painter.
Andrew of Wyntoun (1350-1423)
Italian sculptor.
Andrea da Barberino (1370-1432)
Italian writer.
Andrea del Castagno (1421-1457)
Italian painter.
Andrea Della Robbia (1435-1525)
Italian sculptor.
Andrea del Verrochhio (1435-1488)
Italian sculptor and painter.
Andrea Sansovino (1467-1529)
Italian architecht.
Andrea Riccio (1470-1532)
Italian sculptor and goldsmith.
Andrea Del Sarto (1486-1530)
Italian painter. Originally called Andrea D’Agnolo.
Andrzej Modrzewski (1503-1572)
Polish writer.
Andrea Gabrieli (1510-1586)
Italian composer.
Andreas Hammershmidt (1611-1675)
Austrian-Bohemian composer.
Andreas Gryphius (1616-1664)
German poet.
Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)
English poet.
Andreas Schlüter (1664-1714)
German sculptor.
Andrew Bell (1726-1809)
Scottish engraver.
Andréas Ioannídis Kálvos (1792-1869)
Greek poet.
André van Hasselt (1806-1874)
Belgian poet.
Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852)
American landscape architect.
Andréas Achenbach (1815-1910)
German painter.
Andréas Karkavítsas (1866-1922)
Greek novelist.
Andreas Feininger (1906-1999)
American photographer.
Andrew N. Wyeth (1917-)
American painter.
Andrew Salkey (1928-1995)
Caribbean author.
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948-)
Englishc omposer of musicals.

Educators, Scholars, and Social Workers:
Andrew Baxter (1686-1750)
Scottish metaphysical rationalist.
Andrew Bell (1753-1832)
Scottish clergymand and educator.
Andrew Dickson White (1832-1918)
Founder of Cornell University.
Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
Scottish scholar, translator, and author.

Miscellaneous:
Andrew Hamilton (1676-1741)
American colonial lawyer. He defended the printer John Peter Zenger in the Zeger case (an important “freedom of the press case”).
Andrew Ducrow (1793-1842)
British equestrian.
Andrew Foote (1806-1863)
American naval offcer during the Civil War.
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919)
American industrialist and philanthropist who founded Carnegie Hall and many libraries.
Andrew W. Mellon (1855-1937)
American financier and philanthropist.
Andrew Sarlos (1931-1997)
Canadian philanthropist.
András Balczó (1938-)
Hungarian athlete.

Political Figures:
Andrew Forman (1465-1521)
Scottish diplomat for King James IV and King James V of Scotland.
Andrea Doria (1466-1560)
Italian statesman (from Genoa).
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
7th President of the United States.
Andreas Vokos Miaoulis (1769-1835)
Greek naval commander.
Andries Pretorius (1798-1853)
Boer leader in South Africa.
Andrew Johnson (1808-1875)
17th President of the United States.
Sir Andrew Clarke (1824-1902)
British politician who brought Mayalysia under British control.
Andrew Fisher (1862-1928)
Australian Prime Minister.
Andrei Liapchev (1866-1933)
Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
András Hegedus (1922-1999)
Hungarian Prime Minister.
Andries Petrus Treurnicht (1921-1993)
South African politicican.

Religious Figures:
St. Andrew
One of the original Twelve Apostles. He is the patron saint of Scotland and Russia.
St. Andrew of Crete (660-740)
Archbishop of Gortyna,Crete.
Andrew Melville (1545-1622)
Early leader of the Scottish Reformed Church.
Andrew Fuller (1754-1815)
Founder of the Baptist Missionary Society.

Royalty:
Prince Andrew I of Rostov-Suzdal (Russian: Andrey) (1111-1174)
Helped develop government in northern Russia. Assassinated.
King Andrew II of Hungary (Hungarian: Endre, Andras) (1175-1235)
Went on Crusade.

Scientists:
Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)
Flemish physician who revolutionized the study of medicine by studying anatormy.
Andrea Cesalpino (1519-1603)
Italian physician, botanist and philosopher.
Andreas Libavius (1540-1616)
German chemist.
Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709-1782)
German chemist. Discovered beet sugar.
Andrew Meikle (1719-1811)
Scottish inventor of the threshing machine.
Andrew Taylor Still (1828-1917)
American founer of osteopathy.
Andréas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1856-1901)
German botanist.
Andrew Cowper Lawson (1861-1952)
Canadian geologist.
Andrew Ellicott Douglass (1867-1962)
American astronomer.
Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley (1917-)
English physiologist. Co-winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Andrew V. Schally (1926-)
Polish-American endocrinologist. Co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Andrew John Wiles (1953-)
British mathematician.

Singers and Entertainers:
Andrzej Wajda (1926-)
Polish film director.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.537 % named Andrew
0.076 % named André
0.049 % named Andy
0.034 % named Andres
0.024 % named Drew
0.007 % named Anderson
0.006 % named Andrea
0.004 % named Andreas

Popularity of Andrew:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1800: 21st most popular.
1850: 18th most popular.
1875: 25th most popular.
1900-1910: 40th most popular.
1910-1920: 46th most popular.
1920-1930: 57th most popular.
1930-1940: 71st most popular.
1940-1950: 86th most popular.
1950-1960: 67th most popular.
1960-1970: 38th most popular.
1970-1980: 28th most popular.
1980-1990: 13th most popular.
1986: 7th most popular.
1987: 5th most popular.
1988: 7th most popular.
1989: 7th most popular.
1990: 7th most popular.
1991: 6th most popular.
1992: 5th most popular.
1993: 10th most popular.
1994: 10th most popular.
1995: 10th most popular.
1996: 11th most popular.
1997: 7th most popular.
1998: 9th most popular.
1999: 7th most popular.
2000: 7th most popular.
2001: 7th most popular.
2002: 7th most popular.
2003: 5th most popular.

In Ireland...
1998: 23rd most popular.
1999: 28th most popular.
2000: 31st most popular.
2001: 37th most popular.
2002: 41st most popular.
2003: 36th most popular.

Popularity of Anderson:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1850: 94th most popular.
1875: 169th most popular.
1900-1910: 489th most popular.
1910-1920: 473rd most popular.
1920-1930: 596th most popular.
1930-1940: 657th most popular.
1940-1950: 654th most popular.
1950-1960: 689th most popular.
1960-1970: 917th most popular.
1970-1980: 933rd most popular.
1980-1990: 828th most popular.
1990: 839th most popular.
1991: 772nd most popular.
1992: 818th most popular.
1993: 858th most popular.
1994: 806th most popular.
1995: 836th most popular.
1996: 779th most popular.
1997: 804th most popular.
1998: 847th most popular.
1999: 750th most popular.
2000: 771st most popular.
2001: 724th most popular.
2002: 657th most popular.
2003: 613th most popular.

Popularity of Andreas:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1960-1970: 984th most popular.
1970-2000: N/A
1990: 810th most popular.
1991: 827th most popular.
1992: 841st most popular.
1993: 845th most popular.
1994: 810th most popular.
1995: 818th most popular.
1996: 868th most popular.
1997: 843rd most popular.
1998: 863rd most popular.
1999: 866th most popular.
2000: 967th most popular.
2001: 937th most popular.
2002: N/A
2003: 814th most popular.