Andreas

Where Andreas comes from

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Andrew.
— Wiktionary's entry for Andreas
  • Ancient Greek
Andreas through the years
  1. 1514
    Andreas Vesalius born
    Flemish anatomist, physician and author
  2. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,496 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1960
    Andreas Brehme born
    German association football player
  4. 1966
    Peak, #734
    101 babies named Andreas, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek from the Latin form of Andrew.
Namesakes
  • Andreas Vesalius · Flemish anatomist, physician and author, 1514–1564
  • Andreas Brehme · German association football player, 1960–2024
  • Andreas Kaplan · German economist, dean, university rector; higher education expert; edtech; social media; artificial intelligence, born 1977
  • Andreas Christensen · Danish association football player, born 1996
  • Andreas Papandreou · Greek economist and politician, 1919–1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.