Andrew
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Andrew comes from Greek and means “manly,” “strong,” or “warrior,” with Andy and Drew as nicknames and forms like Andreas and Anders. Andrew was a fisherman who, with his brother Simon Peter, became one of Jesus’s first apostles, and as a saint he is a patron of fishermen. Andrew has been in the top hundred for over a century, borne by presidents Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson and artists Andy Warhol and Andrew Wyeth. Andrew is the kindly robot butler who slowly becomes human in the film Bicentennial Man.
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Usage of Andrew in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Andrew against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Andrew is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Andrew in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 4,497 boys were named Andrew, making it the #73 boys' name in the US. Since 1880, 1,329,454 boys have been named Andrew, with the most (36,206) in 1987. It is most common, relative to births, in Wyoming, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Andrew in other languages
- Andreas Armenian, Dutch, Estonian, German, Latin, Swedish
- Anders Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
- Andrej Czech, Slovak, Slovenian
- Андрей Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
- Andor Hungarian, Norwegian
- Andre Dutch, Estonian
- Andrea Albanian, Italian
- André French, Portuguese
- Andrés Portuguese, Spanish
- Andy Dutch, English
- Ander Latin
- Andrejs Latvian
- Andres Latin
- Andreu Catalan
- Andrija Croatian
- Andrius Lithuanian
- Andrzej Polish
- András Hungarian
- Antti Finnish
- Drew English
- Ondřej Czech
- Андрій Ukrainian
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Andrew
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Andrew, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Hurricane Andrew (Category 5) | 1992 | North Atlantic | 278 km/h |
| Tropical storm Andrew | 1986 | North Atlantic | 83 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Andrew
There are 42 towns and villages with Andrew in their name, in 9 countries.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 15🇺🇸 United States 13🇨🇦 Canada 4🇿🇲 Zambia 4🇲🇾 Malaysia 2🇬🇬 Guernsey 1🇯🇲 Jamaica 1🇳🇬 Nigeria 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Andrew | Iowa, 🇺🇸 United States | 422 | Map |
| Andrew | Alberta, 🇨🇦 Canada | – | Map |
| Andrew | Ogun State, 🇳🇬 Nigeria | – | Map |
| Andrew | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Andrew | Illinois, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Andrew | Louisiana, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Andrew | West Virginia, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Andrew | Muchinga, 🇿🇲 Zambia | – | Map |
| Andrew | Muchinga, 🇿🇲 Zambia | – | Map |
| Andrew | Muchinga, 🇿🇲 Zambia | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Andrew
There are 36 lakes and reservoirs with Andrew in their name, in 3 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 19🇺🇸 United States 16🇿🇦 South Africa 1
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| Andrew Lake | Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Andrew Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Andrew Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Andrew Lake | Manitoba, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Andrew Lake | Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Andrew Lake | Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Andrew Lake | Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Andrew Lake | Alberta, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Andrew Lake | British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Andrew Lake | British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Andrew songs
24 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Andrew in their title. The best known:
- Andrew Lammie
- Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce
- Young Andrew
- Andrew – Julia Marcell (2016)
- Andrew in Drag – The Magnetic Fields (2012)
- Moses Andrew Jackson Good Bye
- ANDREW (McCarthy)
- ANDREW (McIntosh)
- ANDREW (McNair)
- ANDREW'S SONG
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Andrew
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Andrew.
Andrew Alberts
Andrew Bacevich
Andrew Ballen
Andrew Barisic
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Fictional characters named Andrew
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Andrew as a pet name
FurryName has found 49 dogs named Andrew in public pet registers, making it the #3,228 dog name there. Most of them are registered in New York City (29), Vancouver (3), Burlington (1). Andrew as a dog name →
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