Andreas
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== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Andrew.
=== Proper noun ===
Andreas
A male given name from Ancient Greek from the Latin form of Andrew.
A transliteration of the Greek male given name Ανδρέας (Andréas).
A village and parish of the sheading of Ayre, Isle of Man.
=== See also ===
San Andreas
San Andreas fault
=== Anagrams ===
Sarandë, nasarde
== Danish ==
=== Proper noun ===
Andreas
Andrew (biblical figure)
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew
==== Related terms ====
(variants) Anders, André
(feminine forms) Andrea
(surnames) Andreasen
=== References ===
[3] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 37 684 males with the given name Andreas have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
== Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˌɑnˈdreː.ɑs/
Hyphenation: An‧dre‧as
=== Proper noun ===
Andreas m
Andrew (apostle, brother of the apostle Peter)
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew
==== Derived terms ====
andreaskruis
==== Related terms ====
variants: Andries, André, Dries, Driesje, Drees, Dre, Dré, Andie, Andy
feminine forms: Andrea
=== Anagrams ===
raasden
== Estonian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɑnd̥reɑ̯s/, [ˈɑnd̥reɑ̯s]
=== Proper noun ===
Andreas
Andrew (biblical figure)
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew
==== Related terms ====
Andero, Ando, Andre, Andres, Andrus, Anti
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɑndreɑs/, [ˈɑ̝n.dre̞ɑ̝s̠]
Rhymes: -ɑndreɑs
Syllabification(key): And‧re‧as
Hyphenation(key): And‧re‧as
=== Proper noun ===
Andreas
Andrew (the Apostle).
(rare) a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
(given names) Antero, Antti, Atte, Anssi, Tero
==== Statistics ====
Andreas is the 282nd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,626 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,111 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
== German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [anˈdʁeːas]
Hyphenation: An‧dre‧as
=== Proper noun ===
Andreas m (proper noun, strong, genitive Andreas' or Andreas, plural Andreasse or Andreas or Andreas')
Andrew (biblical figure)
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew
==== Usage notes ====
The genitive Andreas can be used after the article des (masculine genitive singular).
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
Andrea m, Andrea f, Andre m, André m, Drees
==== Further reading ====
“Andreas” in Duden online
=== Proper noun ===
Andreas f or m
inflection of Andrea:
genitive singular
plural
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās).
=== Proper noun ===
Andreas
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew
=== Further reading ===
“Andreas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Latin ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Andrē̆a, Andrī̆a, Andrī̆ās
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from the Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [anˈdreː.aːs], [ˈan.dre.aːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [anˈdrɛː.as], [ˈan.dre.as]
Note: the originally short vowel always scans long in late dactylic poetry to fit the meter. This pronunciation likely gained currency under the Empire in order to imitate Greek stress, parallel to -ia, and is the only one reflected by Romance.
=== Proper noun ===
Andrē̆ās m sg (genitive Andrē̆ae); first declension
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew
Andrew (biblical figure)
==== Declension ====
First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
==== Descendants ====
==== References ====
“Andreās” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
== Norwegian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Vulgate Latin Andreas. First recorded as a given name in Norway in the 12th century.
=== Proper noun ===
Andreas
Andrew (biblical figure)
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew
==== Related terms ====
variants: Anders, Andre, André
feminine forms: Andrea, Andrine
=== References ===
Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
[4] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 19 793 males with the given name Andreas living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1990s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
== Old English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin Andreas, displaced by the Old French ancestor of Andrew after the Norman Conquest.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɑnˈ.dreː.ɑs/
=== Proper noun ===
Andrēas m
a male given name
Andreas (poem); an Old English Poem.
=== References ===
Liber Vitae: Register and Martyrology of New Minster and Hyde Abbey, Winchester (New Minster Liber Vitae) page 33, line 23, recorded as "Andreas".
== Swedish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin Andreas, of Ancient Greek origin. First recorded in Sweden in runes in the 12th century.
=== Proper noun ===
Andreas c (genitive Andreas, Andreas')
(biblical) Andrew
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew
genitive of Andrea
==== Usage notes ====
The genitive form with an apostrophe is generally only to be used when one needs to tell the genitive of Andreas and Andrea apart, see the usage examples above.
==== Related terms ====
(male given names): Anders, André
(pet forms): Adde
(female given names): Andrea
(surnames): Anderson, Andreasson
=== References ===
Roland Otterbjörk (1996), Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell, →ISBN
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin (1995), Förnamnsboken, Norstedts, →ISBN: 70,686 males with the given name Andreas living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
=== Anagrams ===
dansare, rasande, sanerad
== Welsh ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Andras
Andro
Androw
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /anˈdrɛas/
=== Proper noun ===
Andreas m
a male given name from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās), equivalent to English Andrew
(biblical) Andrew
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
Heini Gruffudd (2010), Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children[5], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 16