Andrew
Andrew is a boy name of Greek origin, meaning Manly and brave.
What Andrew means
Manly and brave.
Andrew sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Andrew comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Andrew is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Andrew?
You will not find Andrew in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Andrew
Two ideas meet in Andrew: scripture and Brave. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Andrew
These share Andrew's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Thaddeus — Courageous heart; gift of God.
- Andreas — Manly, brave.
- Theo — Gift of God; divine.
- Theodore — Gift of God.
- Leander — Lion-man; brave.
- Peter — Rock; stone.
- Stephen — Crown; garland.
- Timothy — Honouring God.
- Damaris — Gentle; a calf.
- Genesis — Origin; the beginning.
- Lois — Most desirable; superior.
- Lydia — Noble woman of Lydia.