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Andrés

“strong man”

Language contexts for this entry: French, Spanish, Portuguese and 4 more

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Origin: Ancient Greek
7 language contexts: French Spanish Portuguese +4 more
Follow the evidence: 11 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Andrés

Andrés is a masculine given name documented in French, Spanish, Portuguese and 4 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας via Latin. Spanish Wikipedia gives the meaning “strong man”.

2 source accounts

Ancient Greek origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “strong man”

Borrowed from Latin Andreās, Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), compare English Andrew and Italian Andrea.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Italian Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (es): AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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Spanish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDel griego antiguo ἀνδρείος (andreíos, 'viril'), a su vez de ἀνήρ (anḗr, 'hombre').

Del griego antiguo ἀνδρείος (andreíos, 'viril'), a su vez de ἀνήρ (anḗr, 'hombre').

Sources for this account (1)

Spanish Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (7)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q51394
Masculine usage in Spanish · Wiktionary: Andrés
Masculine usage in Icelandic · Wiktionary: Andrés
Masculine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Andrés
Masculine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Andrés
Masculine usage in Polish · Greek Wiktionary: Andrés
Masculine usage in French · French Wiktionary: Andrés

Explore all 7 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Andrés” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q51394.

All pronunciation details (5)

[ãn̪ˈd̪ɾes] — Spanish
/anˈdɾes/ — Spanish
[anˈdɾes] — Spanish
/ãn̩.ˈdɾes/ — Spanish
[ˈantrjɛs] — Icelandic

02 / Across borders

Where Andrés is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

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Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Andrés’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

France

Statistics + language records

France (France métropolitaine et départements-régions d'outre-mer; avant 2012 France hors Mayotte), 2025: 15 boys (rank 1762). Documented as a given name in French.

Explore France

4 of 13 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: Andrés

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 3; births; Rank #1,545
Peak year: 2012; 12 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Andrés in Switzerland, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	1	1,148	observed
2001	4	756	observed
2002	1	1,220	observed
2003	2	1,020	observed
2004	1	1,291	observed
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	2	1,149	observed
2007	5	830	observed
2008	4	947	observed
2009	6	828	observed
2010	5	920	observed
2011	7	788	observed
2012	12	562	observed
2013	6	904	observed
2014	4	1,117	observed
2015	4	1,148	observed
2016	4	1,163	observed
2017	4	1,192	observed
2018	3	1,378	observed
2019	2	1,605	observed
2020	2	1,598	observed
2021	4	1,291	observed
2022	4	1,263	observed
2023	2	1,619	observed
2024	3	1,419	observed
2025	3	1,545	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Andrés” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Andres— “man”
Andres, _m._ _Span._ Gr. man, 86
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Andrés Iniesta
born 1984
Spanish footballer and manager
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
born 1953
Mexican politician. President of Mexico from 2018 to 2024
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Andrés Guardado
born 1986
Mexican association football player
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Andrés Escobar
1967–1994
Colombian footballer (1967–1994)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Andrés Segovia
1893–1987
Spanish guitarist (1893–1987)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Andrés with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms9

Wikidata Q51394CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
German Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Italian Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (es): AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Andrés.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Andrés

2 source accounts

Ancient Greek origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “strong man”

Borrowed from Latin Andreās, Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), compare English Andrew and Italian Andrea.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Italian Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (es): AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Spanish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDel griego antiguo ἀνδρείος (andreíos, 'viril'), a su vez de ἀνήρ (anḗr, 'hombre').

Del griego antiguo ἀνδρείος (andreíos, 'viril'), a su vez de ἀνήρ (anḗr, 'hombre').

Sources for this account (1)

Spanish Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (7)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q51394
Masculine usage in Spanish · Wiktionary: Andrés
Masculine usage in Icelandic · Wiktionary: Andrés
Masculine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Andrés
Masculine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Andrés
Masculine usage in Polish · Greek Wiktionary: Andrés
Masculine usage in French · French Wiktionary: Andrés

Explore all 7 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Andrés” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q51394.

All pronunciation details (5)

[ãn̪ˈd̪ɾes] — Spanish
/anˈdɾes/ — Spanish
[anˈdɾes] — Spanish
/ãn̩.ˈdɾes/ — Spanish
[ˈantrjɛs] — Icelandic

Where Andrés is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Andrés’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

France

Statistics + language records

France (France métropolitaine et départements-régions d'outre-mer; avant 2012 France hors Mayotte), 2025: 15 boys (rank 1762). Documented as a given name in French.

Explore France

4 of 13 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: Andrés

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 3; births; Rank #1,545
Peak year: 2012; 12 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Andrés in Switzerland, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	1	1,148	observed
2001	4	756	observed
2002	1	1,220	observed
2003	2	1,020	observed
2004	1	1,291	observed
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	2	1,149	observed
2007	5	830	observed
2008	4	947	observed
2009	6	828	observed
2010	5	920	observed
2011	7	788	observed
2012	12	562	observed
2013	6	904	observed
2014	4	1,117	observed
2015	4	1,148	observed
2016	4	1,163	observed
2017	4	1,192	observed
2018	3	1,378	observed
2019	2	1,605	observed
2020	2	1,598	observed
2021	4	1,291	observed
2022	4	1,263	observed
2023	2	1,619	observed
2024	3	1,419	observed
2025	3	1,545	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Andres— “man”
Andres, _m._ _Span._ Gr. man, 86
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Andrés Iniesta
born 1984
Spanish footballer and manager
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
born 1953
Mexican politician. President of Mexico from 2018 to 2024
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Andrés Guardado
born 1986
Mexican association football player
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Andrés Escobar
1967–1994
Colombian footballer (1967–1994)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Andrés Segovia
1893–1987
Spanish guitarist (1893–1987)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms9

Wikidata Q51394CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
German Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Italian Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (es): AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: AndrésCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Andrés.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Andrés

Ancient Greek origin

Where Andrés is used

Across borders

France

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Andrés Iniesta

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Andrés Guardado

Andrés Escobar

Andrés Segovia

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Andrés

Ancient Greek origin

Where Andrés is used

Across borders

France

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Andrés Iniesta

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Andrés Guardado

Andrés Escobar

Andrés Segovia

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page