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 Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

. The name is derived from the ancient

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

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 Andrew the Apostle ( ; ; ; ) was an apostle of Jesus. According to the New Testament, he was a fisherman and one of the Twelve Apostles chosen by Jesus. The title First-Called () used by the Eastern Orthodox Church stems from the Gospel of Jo ...

, the patron saint of several countries, whose legacy has contributed to the name’s popularity across Orthodox nations. In

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

-speaking countries, Andrey can be interpreted as a portmanteau of the name

Andrés Andres or Andrés may refer to: *Andres, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois, US *Andres, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, France *Andres (name) *Hurricane Andres *Andres (song), "Andres" (song), a 1994 song b ...

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

Andrey (footballer, born 1983) Andrey Nazário Afonso (born 9 November 1983), known as just Andrey, is a Brazilian former football goalkeeper. Career He made his debut with Steaua București on 1 March 2007, in the quarter-final cup match against Oţelul Galaţi, when S ...

, Andrey Nazário Afonso, goalkeeper for Avenida *

Andrey (footballer, born 1993) Andrey da Silva Ventura (born 17 July 1993), simply known as Andrey, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Desportiva. Club career Born in Rio de Janeiro, Andrey finished his formation with Botafogo. On 16 July 2014 he made ...

, Andrey da Silva Ventura, goalkeeper for Sampaio Corrêa *

Andrey (footballer, born 1996) Andrey Falinski Rodrigues (born 18 March 1996), commonly known as Andrey, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, ...

, Andrey Falinski Rodrigues, midfielder for Betim Futebol *

Andrey (footballer, born February 1998) Andrey Ramos do Nascimento (born 15 February 1998), simply known as Andrey, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre midfielder for Ceará, on loan from Coritiba. Club career Andrey made his professional debut for Vasco da Gama at 1 ...

, Andrey Ramos do Nascimento, midfielder for Coritiba *

Andrey (footballer, born November 1998) Andrey Marcos Andrade Pereira (born 28 November 1998), commonly known as Andrey, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football t ...

, Andrey Marcos Andrade Pereira, midfielder for Los Cabos United *

Andrey (footballer, born 2004) Andrey Nascimento dos Santos (born 3 May 2004) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Chelsea and the Brazil national team. Club career Vasco da Gama At the age of four, Santos was introduced to futsal in ...

, Andrey Nascimento dos Santos, midfielder for Chelsea *

Andrei of Polotsk Andrei of Polotsk (; ; ; – 12 August 1399) was the eldest son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his first wife Maria of Vitebsk. He was the Prince of Pskov (through his deputy Yuri, 1342–1348) and Polotsk (1342–1387). As the ...

( – 1399), Lithuanian nobleman *

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 * Andrey Amador, Costa Rican cyclist *

Andrei Arlovski Andrei Arlovski (, born 4 February 1979) is a Belarusian-American professional mixed martial artist and actor. A former UFC Heavyweight Champion, he competed in the heavyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and holds th ...

, Belarusian mixed martial artist *

Andrey Arshavin Andrey Sergeyevich Arshavin (, ; born 29 May 1981) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger or midfielder. Since 2019, Arshavin has held administrative posts at Zenit. In 2022 he became De ...

, Russian football player *

Andrey Belousov Andrey Removich Belousov (born 17 March 1959) is a Russian politician and economist, serving as the Minister of Defence since May 2024. From January 2020 to May 2024, he served as First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.

(born 1959), Russian politician *

Andrey Bolotov Andrey Timofeyevich Bolotov ( Russian: Андрей Тимофеевич Болотов; 18 October 1738 – 16 October 1833) was the most prolific memoirist and the most distinguished agriculturist of the 18th-century Russian Empire. Bolotov wa ...

, Russian agriculturalist and memoirist *

Andrey Borodin Andrey Fridrikhovich Borodin (; born Moscow, 24 May 1967) is a Russian financial expert, economist and businessman who until 2011 was President of Bank of Moscow. He and his first deputy Dmitri Akulinin were dismissed from office by the court fo ...

, Russian financial expert and businessman *

Andrei Chikatilo Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (; ; 16 October 1936 – 14 February 1994) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet serial killer nicknamed "the Butcher of Rostov", "the Rostov Ripper", and "the Red Ripper" who sexual assault, sexually assaulted, murdered, and ...

, prolific and cannibalistic Russian serial killer and rapist *

Andrei Denisov (weightlifter) Andrei Denisov (; born June 3, 1963) is an Israeli Olympic weightlifter. Denisov is Jewish. When he competed in the Olympics, he weighed . Denisov competed for Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics at the age of 29 in Barcelona, Spain, in Weight ...

(born 1963), Israeli Olympic weightlifter *

Andrey Ershov Andrey Petrovich Yershov (; 19 April 1931, Moscow – 8 December 1988, Moscow) was a Soviet computer scientist, notable as a pioneer in systems programming and programming language research. Donald Knuth considers him to have independently co ...

, Russian computer scientist *

Andrey Esionov Andrey Kimovich Esionov (Russian: Андрей Кимович Есионов; born 1963) is a Russian painter and graphic artist, who paints portraits and cityscapes. He is academician (Full member) of the Russian Academy of Arts (the painting ...

, Russian painter *

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 *

Andrei Glavina Andrei Glavina (30 November 1881 – 9 February 1925; ; ) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Istro-Romanian writer, professor and politician born in Šušnjevica. Known as the "Apostle of the Istro-Romanians", he is recognized for his struggle for ...

, Istro-Romanian writer and politician *

Andrei Gromyko Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko ( – 2 July 1989) was a Soviet politician and diplomat during the Cold War. He served as Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1957–1985) and as List of heads of state of the So ...

(1909–1989), Belarusian Soviet politician and diplomat * Andrey Ivanov, several people *

Andrei Karlov Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov (; 4 February 1954 – 19 December 2016) was a Russian diplomat who served as the List of ambassadors of Russia to Turkey, Russian ambassador to Turkey and earlier as the Russian Russian Ambassador to North Korea, amb ...

, Russian diplomat *

Andrei Kanchelskis Andrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis (; ; born 23 January 1969) is a Russian professional Association football, football coach and former player who currently manages Russian Second League side FC Dynamo Bryansk, Dynamo Bryansk. During his playing c ...

, retired Russian football player *

Andrei Kirilenko Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko (; born February 18, 1981), nicknamed AK-47, is a Russian basketball executive and former professional basketball player. At age fifteen, Kirilenko began playing professional basketball in the Russian Basketball ...

(born 1981), Russian basketball player and administrator *

Andrei Kirilenko (politician) Andrei Pavlovich Kirilenko (; , ; – 12 May 1990) was a Soviet politician, and a member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He was one of the most loyal politicians to Leonid Brezhnev. His role in the CPSU was to e ...

, Russian Soviet politician *

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 *

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 *

Andrei Kostitsyn Andrei Olegovich Kostitsyn (; ; born 3 February 1985) is a former Belarusian professional ice hockey forward. The media have nicknamed him "AK-46", a play on his initials (AK) and player number (46) in reference to the Soviet AK-47 rifle. He ...

, Belarusian hockey player *

Andrei Lankov Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov (; born 26 July 1963) is a Russian scholar of Asia and specialist in Korean studies and Director of Korea Risk Group, the parent company of NK News and NK Pro. Early life and education Lankov was born on 26 July 1963 ...

, Russian Koreanist *

Andrei Lupan Andrei Lupan (15 February 1912 – 24 August 1992) was a Soviet and Moldovan writer, poet, politician, and chairman of Moldovan Writers' Union (1946–1955; 1958–1961). Biography Studied in the agriculture school from Cucuruzeni, Viticult ...

, Moldovan writer * Andrei Netto, Brazilian journalist and writer * Andrei Markov, Russian ice hockey player *

Andrey Markov Andrey Andreyevich Markov (14 June 1856 – 20 July 1922) was a Russian mathematician best known for his work on stochastic processes. A primary subject of his research later became known as the Markov chain. He was also a strong, close to mas ...

, Russian mathematician *

Andrei Mureșanu Andrei Mureșanu (; November 16, 1816 in Bistrița – October 12, 1863 in Brașov) was a Romanian poet and revolutionary of Transylvania. Born in a family of a small business owner in the countryside, he studied philosophy and theology ...

(1816–1863), Romanian poet and revolutionary *

Andrey Osterman Count Andrey Ivanovich Ostermann (, ; 9 June 1686 31 May 1747) was a German-born Russian statesman who came to prominence under Tsar Peter I of Russia () and served until the accession of the Tsesarevna Elizabeth in 1741. He based his foreign ...

, Russian statesman *

Andrei Platonov Andrei Platonovich Platonov ( rus, Андрей Платонович Платонов, , ɐnˈdrʲej plɐˈtonəvʲɪtɕ plɐˈtonəf; []; – 5 January 1951) was a Soviet Russian people, Russian novelist, short story writer, philosopher, play ...

, Russian-born writer of the Soviet period *Andrei Rublev, Russian icon painter *

Andrey Rublev (tennis) Andrey Andreyevich Rublev (; born 20 October 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in September 2021 ...

, Russian tennis player *

Andrei Sakharov Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (; 21 May 192114 December 1989) was a Soviet Physics, physicist and a List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, which he was awarded in 1975 for emphasizing human rights around the world. Alt ...

, Russian physicist and activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize *

Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (, ; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Russian origin. He is widely considered one of the greatest directors in cinema history. Works by Andrei Tarkovsky, His films e ...

, Russian film director * Andrei Vasilevski, Belarusian tennis player *

Andrey Vlasov Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov (, – August 1, 1946) was a Soviet Russian Red Army general. During the Eastern Front (World War II), Axis-Soviet campaigns of World War II, he fought (1941–1942) against the ''Wehrmacht'' in the Battle of Moscow ...

, Russian general * Andrey Voznesensky, Russian writer *

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 *

Andrei Zhdanov Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov ( rus, Андрей Александрович Жданов, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ˈʐdanəf, a=Ru-Андрей Жданов.ogg, links=yes; – 31 August 1948) was a Soviet politician. He was ...

, Russian politician *

Andrei Zhelyabov Andrei Ivanovich Zhelyabov (; – ) was a Russian revolutionary and member of the executive committee of Narodnaya Volya (organization), Narodnaya Volya. Zhelyabov was born in to a family of Serfdom in Russia, serfs. After graduating from a g ...

, Russian revolutionary

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