Andrei

“Variant of Andrew — Manly” — Ancient Greek via Latin and Old French origin

Boy's name · #2516 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Andrei has appeared in US records since 1948 — best rank #1360 (2006) · 3,095 babies named Andrei all-time · 1 in 33,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 3,200 boys in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 3,400 boys in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 4,500 boys in England & Wales (2025).

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

Famous Andreis

Andrei Sakharov — Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist (1921–1989)
Andrei Tarkovsky — Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director (1932–1986)
Andrei Gromyko — Soviet diplomat
Andrei Rublev — medieval Russian artist (1360s-1428)
Andrei Konchalovsky — Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and film producer

In stories & tradition

Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky — War and Peace
Andrei Strasser — Mighty Joe Young
Andrei Petrov — Red Widow

What Andreis become

Among 2,246 notable people named Andrei:

Athletes appear 2.28× more often than among typical names — e.g. Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player.

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