Andrew (English)
Where does "Andrew" come from?
The English given name Andrew ultimately derives from the Ancient Greek 'Ἀνδρέας'[1]. This Greek name stems from 'ἀνήρ', meaning 'man'[1], and is cognate with 'ἀνδρεῖος', meaning 'manly'[1]. Looking further back, the Greek 'ἀνήρ' developed from Proto-Hellenic '*anḗr', which traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root '*h₂nḗr'[3].
Open questions
- The Proto-Hellenic and Proto-Indo-European ancestral forms are reconstructed linguistics stages. [3]
Full etymology tree
- Andrew (English), 'A male given name from Ancient Greek.'
- derived Ἀνδρέας (Andréas) (Ancient Greek), 'a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew'
- derived ἀνήρ (anḗr) (Ancient Greek), 'man (adult male)'
- inherited *anḗr (Proto-Hellenic), 'man'
- inherited *h₂nḗr (Proto-Indo-European), 'man'
- inherited *anḗr (Proto-Hellenic), 'man'
- derived ἀνήρ (anḗr) (Ancient Greek), 'man (adult male)'
- derived Ἀνδρέας (Andréas) (Ancient Greek), 'a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew'
Ancestors
- Ἀνδρέας (Ancient Greek)
Cognates and doublets
- André (English)
- Andreas (English)
- Andrei (English)
- Andrey (English)
Descendants and derived words
- Andrew County (English)
- Andrew Jackson (English)
- Andrew Millar (English)
- Andrew Miller (English)
- Andrew Miller (English)
- Andrews (English)
- Andy (English)
- Andy (English)
- Andy (English)
- Drew (English)
- Drew (English)
- Drew (English)
Sources
- Andrew (English) - Wiktionary
- Ἀνδρέας (Andréas) (Ancient Greek) - Wiktionary
- ἀνήρ (anḗr) (Ancient Greek) - Wiktionary
Updated August 2026
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