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 [ 3 syll. an-drea(s), and-re-as ] The boy name Andreas is pronounced aaNDREYahS KEY. Andreas is of Old Greek origin, and it is used mainly in German, Greek, Scandinavian, and Welsh. Andreas is a variant form of Andrew (English, Greek, and Russian). Andi (English, German, Hungarian, and Spanish pet form) is a variant of the name. Andreas is an all-time favorite. Currently it is still somewhat popular as a baby name for boys, though it was in more widespread use in the past. The name's popularity has been growing since the 2000s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2006 with 0.010% of baby boys being named Andreas. Its ranking then was #880. In 2008, it ranked at #969 with a usage of 0.009%. Among the group of boy names directly related to Andreas, Andrew (English, Greek, and Russian) was the most frequently used. Its use outnumbered Andreas' by 82 times in 2008. Baby names that sound like Andreas include Andreyka (Russian), Andrija (Slavic), Andrius (Lithuanian), Anders (Scandinavian), Andras (Hungarian, Spanish, and Welsh), András (Hungarian), Andrejs (Latvian), Andres (Estonian, German, Slavic, and Spanish), Andrews (English), Andrés (Spanish), Andries (Dutch and German), Andrij (Ukrainian), Andrik (Russian), Andris (Hungarian, Latvian, and Spanish), and Andrus (Estonian). KEY: English pronunciation for Andreas: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
