Andrei
Andrei, Andrey, or Andrej is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include:Andrei of Polotsk, Lithuanian nobleman Andrei Broder, Romanian-Israeli American computer scientist and engineer Andrei Chikatilo (1936–1994), prolific and cannibalistic Russian serial killer and rapist Andrei Denisov (weightlifter), Israeli Olympic weightlifter Andrei Glavina…
- Romanian
- Russian
- Bulgarian
- Belarusian
Meaning & Origin of Andrei
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Andrei, Andrey, or Andrej is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include:Andrei of Polotsk, Lithuanian nobleman Andrei Broder, Romanian-Israeli American computer scientist and engineer Andrei Chikatilo (1936–1994), prolific and cannibalistic Russian serial killer and rapist Andrei Denisov (weightlifter), Israeli Olympic weightlifter Andrei Glavina…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Romanian
- Russian
- Bulgarian
- Belarusian
- Old Church Slavic
The Story of Andrei
American parents first put Andrei on the record books as a baby boy name in 1948, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 119 Andreis were born — ranking #1,360 that year. About 29% of every Andrei on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Andrei ranks #2,271 for baby boys with 63 births, gradually falling (-12%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Andrei
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Names that sound like Andrei
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About the name Andrei
Andrei is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1948 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Andrei's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #1,360. Use the chart and map above to compare Andrei's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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