Andrew

Where Andrew comes from

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of André, Andreas, Andrei, and Andrey.
— Wiktionary's entry for Andrew
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1767
    Andrew Jackson born
    president of the United States from 1829 to 1837
  2. 1808
    Andrew Johnson born
    President of the United States from 1865 to 1869
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #24 among boys — 644 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1988
    Peak, #5
    35,745 babies named Andrew — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2008
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #12.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Andrew Jackson · president of the United States from 1829 to 1837, 1767–1845
  • Andrew Johnson · President of the United States from 1865 to 1869, 1808–1875
  • Andrew Carnegie · Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist, 1835–1919
  • Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor · third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, born 1960
  • Andrew Tate · American-British businessman, former kickboxer, dating coach and manosphere influencer, born 1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.