Andrejs
Andrejs is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the name Andrew and may refer to:Andrejs Apsītis (1888–1945), Latvian cyclist and Olympic competitor Andrejs Auzāns (1871–1953), Latvian military general and topographer Andrejs Butriks, Latvian football forward and sporting director Andrejs Dūda, Latvian swimmer and Olympic competitor Andrejs Elksniņš, Latvian politician Andrejs…
- Latvian
Meaning & Origin of Andrejs
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Andrejs is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the name Andrew and may refer to:Andrejs Apsītis (1888–1945), Latvian cyclist and Olympic competitor Andrejs Auzāns (1871–1953), Latvian military general and topographer Andrejs Butriks, Latvian football forward and sporting director Andrejs Dūda, Latvian swimmer and Olympic competitor Andrejs Elksniņš, Latvian politician Andrejs…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Latvian
The Story of Andrejs
The earliest SSA record of Andrejs as a baby boy name dates back to 1956, when 5 babies received it. 1969 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Andrejs — #3,936 in the national rankings. About 52% of every Andrejs on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Andrejs last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 21 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Andrejs
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About the name Andrejs
Andrejs is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 21 births in the dataset. Andrejs's peak popularity came in 1969 when it ranked #3,936. Use the chart and map above to compare Andrejs'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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