Andrey (Андрей) is a masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
predominantly used in Slavic languages, including
Belarusian,
Bulgarian, and
Russian. The name is derived from the ancient
Greek Andreas (Ἀνδρέας), meaning "man" or "warrior".
In
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main Branches of Christianity, branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholic Church, Catholicism and Protestantism ...
, Andrey holds religious significance, particularly due to
Saint Andrew, the patron saint of several countries, whose legacy has contributed to the name’s popularity across Orthodox nations.
In
Spanish-speaking countries, Andrey can be interpreted as a portmanteau of the name
Andrés and ''
Rey'', the Spanish word for ''
king
King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a Constitutional monarchy, ...
''.
People with the given name
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Andrey (footballer, born 1983), Andrey Nazário Afonso, goalkeeper for Avenida
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Andrey (footballer, born 1993), Andrey da Silva Ventura, goalkeeper for Sampaio Corrêa
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Andrey (footballer, born 1996), Andrey Falinski Rodrigues, midfielder for Betim Futebol
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Andrey (footballer, born February 1998), Andrey Ramos do Nascimento, midfielder for Coritiba
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Andrey (footballer, born November 1998), Andrey Marcos Andrade Pereira, midfielder for Los Cabos United
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Andrey (footballer, born 2004), Andrey Nascimento dos Santos, midfielder for Chelsea
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Andrei of Polotsk ( – 1399), Lithuanian nobleman
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Andrei Alexandrescu
Tudor Andrei Cristian Alexandrescu (born 1969) is a Romanian-American C++ and D language programmer and author. He is particularly known for his pioneering work on policy-based design implemented via template metaprogramming. These ideas are a ...
, Romanian computer programmer
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Andrey Amador, Costa Rican cyclist
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Andrei Arlovski, Belarusian mixed martial artist
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Andrey Arshavin, Russian football player
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Andrey Belousov (born 1959), Russian politician
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Andrey Bolotov, Russian agriculturalist and memoirist
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Andrey Borodin, Russian financial expert and businessman
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Andrei Chikatilo, prolific and cannibalistic Russian serial killer and rapist
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Andrei Denisov (weightlifter) (born 1963), Israeli Olympic weightlifter
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Andrey Ershov, Russian computer scientist
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Andrey Esionov, Russian painter
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Andrey Esipenko
Andrey Evgenyevich Esipenko (; born 22 March 2002) is a Russian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. He won the European Youth Chess Championship, European U10 Chess Championship in 2012, and both the European Youth Chess Championship, Europea ...
, Russian chess grandmaster
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Andrei Glavina, Istro-Romanian writer and politician
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Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989), Belarusian Soviet politician and diplomat
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Andrey Ivanov, several people
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Andrei Karlov, Russian diplomat
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Andrei Kanchelskis, retired Russian football player
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Andrei Kirilenko (born 1981), Russian basketball player and administrator
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Andrei Kirilenko (politician), Russian Soviet politician
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Andrey Kolmogorov
Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov ( rus, Андре́й Никола́евич Колмого́ров, p=ɐnˈdrʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ kəlmɐˈɡorəf, a=Ru-Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov.ogg, 25 April 1903 – 20 October 1987) was a Soviet ...
, Russian mathematician
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Andrey Korotayev
Andrey Vitalievich Korotayev (; born 17 February 1961) is a Russian anthropology, anthropologist, economic history, economic historian, comparative politics, comparative political scientist, demography, demographer and sociology, sociologist ...
, Russian anthropologist
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Andrei Kostitsyn, Belarusian hockey player
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Andrei Lankov, Russian Koreanist
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Andrei Lupan, Moldovan writer
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Andrei Netto, Brazilian journalist and writer
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Andrei Markov, Russian ice hockey player
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Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician
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Andrei Mureșanu (1816–1863), Romanian poet and revolutionary
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Andrey Osterman, Russian statesman
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Andrei Platonov, Russian-born writer of the Soviet period
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Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev (, ; ) was a Russian artist considered to be one of the greatest medieval Russian painters of Orthodox Christian icons and frescoes. He is revered as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and his feast day is 29 January.
Ear ...
, Russian icon painter
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Andrey Rublev (tennis), Russian tennis player
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Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
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Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian film director
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Andrei Vasilevski, Belarusian tennis player
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Andrey Vlasov, Russian general
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Andrey Voznesensky, Russian writer
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Andrey Vyshinsky
Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky (; ) ( – 22 November 1954) was a Soviet politician, jurist and diplomat.
He is best known as a Procurator General of the Soviet Union, state prosecutor of Joseph Stalin's Moscow Trials and in the Nuremberg trial ...
, Soviet politician
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Andrei Zhdanov, Russian politician
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Andrei Zhelyabov, Russian revolutionary
See also
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Andrei (surname), a surname
References
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Russian masculine given names
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Ukrainian masculine given names