Andreas

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title: "Andreas" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["given-names-of-greek-language-origin", "german-masculine-given-names", "greek-masculine-given-names", "latin-masculine-given-names", "swedish-masculine-given-names", "danish-masculine-given-names", "dutch-masculine-given-names", "welsh-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names", "surnames-derived-from-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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| | gender | Male | | meaning | Man | | region | Greece | | language | Greek, Turkish, Latin, Armenian, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Finnish, Romanian, Brazilian Portuguese, Kurdish, Languages of Ethiopia, Languages of Eritrea | | origin | Greek | | nickname | Andy, Dries (Dutch), Dré (Flemish) | | related names | Andrew, Anders, André, Onder, Ander, Andy, Andrean, Anderson (surname), An (Chinese surname), Andrei, Andrejs, Andrzej, Andriy, Andrea, Andrey, Andrej, Andrés, Drew, Andres, Antti, Ondřej, Anderman, Vandros, Ondrej | ::

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| gender = Male | meaning = Man | region = Greece | language = Greek, Turkish, Latin, Armenian, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Finnish, Romanian, Brazilian Portuguese, Kurdish, Languages of Ethiopia, Languages of Eritrea

| origin = Greek | alternative spelling = | nickname = Andy, Dries (Dutch), Dré (Flemish) | variant forms = | related names = Andrew, Anders, André, Onder, Ander, Andy, Andrean, Anderson (surname), An (Chinese surname), Andrei, Andrejs, Andrzej, Andriy, Andrea, Andrey, Andrej, Andrés, Drew, Andres, Antti, Ondřej, Anderman, Vandros, Ondrej | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes =

Andreas () is a name derived from the Greek noun ἀνήρ anēr, with genitive ἀνδρός andros, which means "man". See the article on Andrew for more information. The Scandinavian name is earliest attested as antreos in a runestone from the 12th century.

The name Andrea may be used as a feminine form, but it is also the main masculine form in Italy and the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Given name

Andreas is a common name, and this is not a comprehensive list of articles on people named Andreas. See instead .

Surname

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References

  1. See for example [[Liddell & Scott]]'s Lexicon
  2. "Andreas".
  3. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DA%3Aentry+group%3D23%3Aentry%3Dandreas-bio-2 A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Andreas]

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