Andreas

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Andrew.

Andreas

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek from the Latin form of Andrew.
2. A transliteration of the Greek male given name Ανδρέας (Andréas).

• San Andreas
• San Andreas fault

• Sarandë, nasarde

Andreas

1. Andrew (biblical figure)
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

• (variants) Anders, André
• (feminine forms) Andrea
• (surnames) Andreasen

• 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.

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑnˈdreː.ɑs/

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• Hyphenation: An‧dre‧as

Andreas m

1. Andrew (apostle, brother of the apostle Peter)
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

• andreaskruis

• variants: Andries, André, Dries, Driesje, Drees, Dre, Dré, Andie, Andy
• feminine forms: Andrea

• raasden

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnd̥reɑ̯s/, [ˈɑnd̥reɑ̯s]

Andreas

1. Andrew (biblical figure)
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

• Andero, Ando, Andre, Andres, Andrus, Anti

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑndreɑs/, [ˈɑ̝ndre̞ɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑndreɑs
• Syllabification^(key): And‧re‧as

Andreas

1. Andrew (the Apostle).
2. (rare) a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

• (given names) Antero, Antti, Atte, Anssi, Tero

• Andreas is the 282^nd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,585 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,005 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 6 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• IPA^(key): [anˈdʁeːas]

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• Hyphenation: An‧dre‧as

Andreas m (proper noun, strong, genitive Andreas' or Andreas, plural Andreasse or Andreas or Andreas')

1. Andrew (biblical figure)
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

• The genitive Andreas can be used after the article des (masculine genitive singular).

• Andrea m
• Andrea f
• Andre m, André m

• “Andreas” in Duden online

Andreas f or m

1. inflection of Andrea:
   1. genitive singular
   2. plural

• Andrē̆a, Andrī̆a, Andrī̆ās

Borrowed from the Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈdreː.aːs/, [än̪ˈd̪reːäːs̠] or IPA^(key): /ˈan.dre.aːs/, [ˈän̪d̪reäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈdre.as/, [än̪ˈd̪rɛːäs] or IPA^(key): /ˈan.dre.as/, [ˈän̪d̪reäs]
• Note: the originally short vowel always scans long in late dactylic poetry to fit the meter.[1] 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.

Andrē̆ās m sg (genitive Andrē̆ae); first declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew
2. Andrew (biblical figure)

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

“Andreās” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Andreas m

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

• Andreays

From Vulgate Latin Andreas. First recorded as a given name in Norway in the 12th century.

Andreas

1. Andrew (biblical figure)
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

• variants: Anders, Andre, André
• feminine forms: Andrea, Andrine

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• 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.

From Latin Andreas, of Ancient Greek origin. First recorded in Sweden in runes in the 12th century.

Andreas c (genitive Andreas, Andreas')

1. (biblical) Andrew
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

   Det där är Andreas hund.

   That's Andreas's dog.

   Andreas och Andrea har varsin hund men Andreas' är störst.

   Andreas and Andrea each have a dog, but Andreas's is the biggest.

3. genitive of Andrea

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.

• (male given names): Anders, André
• (pet forms): Adde
• (female given names): Andrea
• (surnames): Anderson, Andreasson

• 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.

• dansare, rasande, sanerad

• Andras
• Andro
• Androw

• IPA^(key): /anˈdrɛas/

Andreas m

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās), equivalent to English Andrew
2. (biblical) Andrew

Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎, Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 16