The name Andrew goes back to the ancient Greek ‘andreios’ for ‘brave’ or ‘manly’. Andrew is therefore according to his name ‘the brave’.
Andrew is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The first name Andrew is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #35 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Andrew, accounting for approximately 0.50 % of all newborn boys. In total, there are currently 1,291,975 people – children, adults and seniors – named Andrew living in the United States, which is approximately 0.39 % of the entire population.
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When you hear the name Andrew, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Andrew? Are you also called Andrew? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
in the US state of Iowa is called Andrew. There is a Salem Lutheran Church in the neighborhood.
in the USA are called Andrew Lake. They are located for example in Alaska, Florida, Minnesota, Washington and Wisconsin.
on University of Queenslands St Lucia campus is the Andrew N. Liveris Building. It is located in Brisbane, Australia, 11 floors high and home for the School of Chemical Engineering.
the Andrew Johnson Building was completed. It is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and was the cities tallest building for nearly 50 years.
History tends to focus on the most famous and the best. But even those who play second fiddle leave their mark: Andrew is one of those names without which the orchestra would be incomplete. In fact, Andrew has reached the SmartGenius top ranking of #5 more than once - and again, not too long ago, the last time being in 2003. But even though the peak of popularity was not so long ago, the name Andrew has been given to newborn boys every year since records began. Andrew is a name of exceptional, enduring popularity, carrying the special vibes of the 20th century into the 21st.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Andrew was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
The popularity of the traditional name Andrew peaked only recently: the name has definitely arrived in the 21st century. Andrew has made it into the top ten more than once, in 2022 it was #63 in our statistics: the chances of meeting a Andrew are pretty high these days. Traditional names often prove to be perennial favorites, so who knows, maybe Andrew will eventually become one of the most popular names of all time.
Wherever you go, wherever you live – there’s a good chance to meet Andrew. Because: There are men and boys named Andrew in every state in the USA. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the nearly 50,000 different male first names that occur in the USA, just 386 are recorded in each individual state, so the name Andrew is definitely something very special. In some regions it even makes it into the top 100 of the most popular male first names, for example in Alaska, where Andrew ranks on position 14. The greatest chance of meeting Andrew, however, is in Delaware, where one in 86 boys and men bears this beautiful name – that is far above average – in the entire USA it is only one in 129 men and boys and in Oklahoma, where the name is least represented in relation to the population, you even have to ask an average of 200 men and boys for their name before you once get Andrew as an answer.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is a very popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 9.0% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letter J is more common for boys' names.
With six letters, the name Andrew is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 9.0% of all boys' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And by the way: Of all the boys' names that start with an A, Anthony is the most common.
If your name is Andrew and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Andrew, you can simply say:
Apple
Nut
Dinosaur
Rocket
Elephant
Windmill
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Andrew
Andrew
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Andrew sounds like this:
