Andrei

Meaning: Manly, brave
Origin: Greek — Romanian/Russian form of Andrew

Boy's name · #2517 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Andrei's best rank, #1361, came in 2006; it has settled back to #2517 today. Roughly 3,100 boys have been named Andrei since 1948.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#417 in Austria (2025) · #445 in Poland (2025) · #615 in England & Wales (2025) · #696 in Belgium (2025) · #835 in Italy (2024) · #962 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,135 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,251 in Canada (2025) · #1,276 in France (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #535 in Scotland (2024) · #655 in Ireland (2024) and 3 more.

Famous Andreis

Andrei Sakharov — Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist (1921–1989)
Andrei Tarkovsky — Soviet filmmaker (1932–1986)
Andrei Gromyko — Soviet diplomat (1909–1989)
Andrei Rublev — Russian artist (c. 1360–c. 1430)
Andrei Konchalovsky — Russian filmmaker (born 1937)
Andrei Belousov — Minister of Defence of Russia (born 1959)
Andrei Kanchelskis — Russian association football player and manager (born 1969)
Andrei Kirilenko — Russian basketball player (born 1981)
Andrei Zhdanov — Soviet politician (1896–1948)

In stories & tradition

Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky — War and Peace (book)
Andrei Strasser — Mighty Joe Young (film)
Andrei Petrov — Red Widow (TV series)

What Andreis become

Among 2,319 notable people named Andrei:

Sports figures appear 2.24× more often than among typical names — e.g. Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player (born 1981).

Similar names: Andreas · Sebastien · Ansh · Landry · Maksim · Yuri

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