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Andrew en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæn.dɹuː/
  • ăn'dro͞o
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̆̓νήρ (ā̆nḗr) Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās)der. English Andrew From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of André, Andreas, Andrei, and Andrey.

Meanings

  1. (countable) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
    • I like him - I like a man who can be extreme. Depend upon it, Miss Mercer - but what is his first name?" "Andrew." "A good name, though common - there is a possibility of a sound reputation in Andrew Morton, especially if he narrows himself down to a point […] 1890, John Davidson, Perfervid: The Career of Ninian Jamieson, Ward and Downey, page 94:
    • The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee. 2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN:
    • "Irina? Call me 'Andy,' please." "I think that I would rather call you 'Andrew'." This was flattering, somehow. For everyone I knew called me "Andy"―a name comfortable as an old sneaker. There was dignity in "Andrew," and a kind of depth, complexity. Perhaps I began to fall in love with Irina Kacinzk for seeing more in me than I saw in myself at the time. 2015, Joyce Carol Oates, Jack of Spades, Head of Zeus, →ISBN, page 104:
    • "Well, I'd say he ought to have a Scottish name like Andrew or Bruce or Sandy...or...Duncan...or Angus or..." He ticked them off on his fingers as they came to mind. 1966, Ester Wier, The Barrel, D. McCay Co., page 57:
    • “Over the past several days, discussion relating to the selection of our valedictorian has taken on an alarming tenor,” USC Provost Andrew Guzman said in an online campus-wide letter dated April 15. “The intensity of feelings, fueled by both social media and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, has grown to include many voices outside of USC and has escalated to the point of creating substantial risks relating to security and disruption at commencement.” 2024 April 19, Taylor Romine and Aya Elamroussi, “USC calls off speaker appearances at 2024 commencement after canceling its Muslim valedictorian’s speech”, in CNN:
    • Lloyd was a piss-ant name. Andrew was better because Andrew was one of the twelve apostles, and anybody with a twelve-apostle name was a good guy. If you were reading a book - which Parker rarely did - and you ran across a guy named Luke, Matthew, Thomas, Peter, Paul, James, like that, you knew right off he was supposed to be a good guy. - - - He would have preferred to be called Andrew, which was his true and honorable middle name. 1985, Ed McBain, Eight Black Horses, Simon&Schuster, published 2003, →ISBN:
  2. (countable, uncountable) The first Apostle in the New Testament.
    • One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first findeth his own brother and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 1:40-41:
  3. (countable) A Scottish and English surname originating as a patronymic.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A village in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A town in Jackson County, Iowa, United States.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.
  7. (UK, countable, slang, uncountable) The Royal Navy.
    • A common British catch phrase is, "You shouldn't have joined Andrew if you couldn't take a joke." 1984, Robert Hendrickson, Salty Words, page 19:
    • “Me muvver always said I should a joined the Andrew.” (Royal Navy.) 2011, Johannes H. L. Bosman, The Plough & the Sword, page 257:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Andrews Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Drew · St. Andrews · Andy · Andrew Millar · Saint Andrew · Saint Andrews · Andrew Jackson · St Andrews · Andrews · St. Andrewstide · Andrew Miller · Thorpe St Andrew · Andrew Taint · Andrewmas · Andrew County

Descendants

Aindriú

Relateds

Andre · Danson · Andrus · Gillanders · Anderson · MacAndrew · Kendrew · Andison · Tancock · Andy (pet forms) · Dand · Andress · Drewe · Enderson · Andrews · Andrea · Drews · McAndrews · Drew (pet forms) · McAndrew · Andrewes · Tandy · Andree · Dandy · Dandy (pet forms) · Anders · Dandie · Drew

Synonyms

Andrew Millar · Andrew Miller

Translations (186)

no Andreas (male given name) · sv Anders (male given name) · ar أَنْدْرُو (male given name) · mi Ānaru (the Apostle) · da Andreas (male given name) · sh Àndrej (male given name) · ka ანდრეასი (male given name) · no André (male given name) · cmn 安得烈 (the Apostle) · pl Andrzej (male given name) · ast Andrés (male given name) · co Andria (male given name) · scn Annrìa (the Apostle) · tt Әндри (male given name) · xcl Անդրէաս (the Apostle) · gv Andreays (the Apostle) · an Andrés (male given name) · lt Andriejus (the Apostle) · scn Antrìa (Italianized) (male given name) · kl Annassi (male given name) · nl André (male given name) · oc Andreu (male given name) · cs Ondřej (the Apostle) · te ఆండ్రూ (male given name) · hy Անդրեաս (male given name) · sh А̀ндрија (male given name) · af André (male given name) · oc Andriu (male given name) · vls Andries (male given name) · gd Anndra (the Apostle) · sq Andréa (male given name) · la Andrē̆ās (i.e., Andreās or Andrēās) (the Apostle) · mns-nor Ӯнтари (male given name) · co Andrea (male given name) · nl Andreas (male given name) · scn Annirìa (male given name) · lt Andrius (male given name) · br Andrev (the Apostle) · hi ऐंड्रू (male given name) · sq Ndréu (male given name) · grc Ἀνδρέας (the Apostle) · af Andreas (the Apostle) · cy Andras (male given name) · is Andrés (male given name) · gd Anndrais (the Apostle) · el Ανδρέας (the Apostle) · br Andrev (male given name) · sk Andrej (the Apostle) · oc Andrèu (male given name) · uk Андрі́й (the Apostle) · sk Andrej (male given name) · vi Anrê (the Apostle) · sms Ååntašǩ (male given name) · cmn 安德 (the Apostle) · id Andreas (male given name) · no Anders (male given name) · gv Andreas (male given name) · pl Andrzej (the Apostle) · sco Andra (the Apostle) · cmn 安德魯 /安德鲁 (male given name) · co Andrìa (male given name) · la Andrē̆ās (i.e., Andreās or Andrēās) (male given name) · el Ανδρέας (male given name) · cmn 安德肋 (the Apostle) · ko 안드레아 (the Apostle) · be Андрэ́й (the Apostle) · frp André (male given name) · fo Andras (male given name) · ga Aindréas (male given name) · cs Ondřej (male given name) · sc Andria (male given name) · uk Е́ндрю (male given name) · pt André (male given name) · uk Андрі́й (male given name) · kk Әндір (the Apostle) · chr ᎡᏂᏗ (the Apostle) · ga Aindriú (male given name) · ti እንድርያስ (the Apostle) · mk Андреј (male given name) · mk Андреј (the Apostle) · ca Andreu (male given name) · es Andrés (the Apostle) · fr André (male given name) · pt André (the Apostle) · fr André (the Apostle) · ja アンデレ (the Apostle) · scn Nirìa (apheresized) (the Apostle) · nrf Andri (male given name) · he אַנְדְּרֵי (male given name) · my အင်ဒရူး (the Apostle) · lv Andrejs (the Apostle) · it Andrea (the Apostle) · af Andre (male given name) · it Andrea (male given name) · bg Андре́й (male given name) · sv Andreas (the Apostle) · no Andreas (the Apostle) · sk Ondrej (male given name) · eo Andreo (the Apostle) · cy Andreas (the Apostle) · ka ანდრია (male given name) · da Andreas (the Apostle) · sh Àndrija (male given name) · hu Andor (male given name) · ro Андрей (male given name) · ti እንድርያስ (male given name) · th นักบุญอันดรูว์ (the Apostle) · mi Ānaru (male given name) · cs Andrej (male given name) · gd Aindrea (male given name) · ga Aindrias (the Apostle) · ro Andrei (the Apostle) · ru Андре́й (the Apostle) · sco Andra (male given name) · gl André (male given name) · fi Andreas (the Apostle) · izh Andree (male given name) · oc Andrieu (male given name) · et Andreas (the Apostle) · ru Э́ндрю (male given name) · haw ʻAnederea (the Apostle) · gv Andreas (the Apostle) · sc Andria (the Apostle) · an Andreu (male given name) · lv Andrejs (male given name) · ro Andrei (male given name) · fi Antti (male given name) · ar أَنْدَرَاوُس (the Apostle) · fa اندریاس (the Apostle) · my အင်ဒရူး (male given name) · nl Andries (male given name) · bg А́ндрю (male given name) · se Ándaras (the Apostle) · et Andres (male given name) · bg Андре́й (the Apostle) · hu Endre (male given name) · ca Andreu (the Apostle) · sv Andreas (male given name) · lo ແອນດູ (male given name) · haw ʻAnalū (male given name) · da Anders (male given name) · gd Anndra (male given name) · wa Andrî (male given name) · de Andreas (male given name) · he אנדראס (the Apostle) · sh А̀ндреј (male given name) · th แอนดรูว์ (male given name) · ar أَنْدَرَاوُس (male given name) · kw Androw (male given name) · af Andries (male given name) · gd Anndras (the Apostle) · sl Andrêj (the Apostle) · se Ándaras (male given name) · xag 𐔰𐕎𐔳𐕙𐔶𐔰𐕚 (the Apostle) · ang Andreas (male given name) · gl André (the Apostle) · sq Andréu (the Apostle) · hu András (male given name) · ka ანდრო (male given name) · scn Antrea (Italianized) (male given name) · sq Andréu (male given name) · sl Andrêj (male given name) · fo Andrias (male given name) · hi अंद्रियास (the Apostle) · eu Ander (male given name) · ka ანდრია (the Apostle) · pl Jędrzej (male given name) · nl Andreas (the Apostle) · fi Antero (male given name) · hy Անդրեաս (the Apostle) · ko 앤드루 (male given name) · sq Ndréa (male given name) · id Andreas (the Apostle) · sq Andréa (the Apostle) · ga Aindrias (male given name) · ru Андре́й (male given name) · am እንድሪያስ (the Apostle) · hu András (the Apostle) · de Andreas (the Apostle) · ja アンドリュー (male given name) · sh А̀ндрија (the Apostle) · eo Andreo (male given name) · sh Àndrija (the Apostle) · es Andrés (male given name) · grc Ἀνδρέας (male given name) · mt Indri (male given name)