Andreus
In Greek mythology, Andreus may refer to two distinct individuals:Andreus, son of the river-god Peneus in Thessaly, from whom the district about Orchomenos in Boeotia was called Andreis. With Evippe, daughter of Leucon, Andreus had a son Eteocles, his successor. Andreus, in another passage Pausanias speaks of Andreus as the person who first colonized the island of Andros, Greece.
Meaning & Origin of Andreus
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
In Greek mythology, Andreus may refer to two distinct individuals:Andreus, son of the river-god Peneus in Thessaly, from whom the district about Orchomenos in Boeotia was called Andreis. With Evippe, daughter of Leucon, Andreus had a son Eteocles, his successor. Andreus, in another passage Pausanias speaks of Andreus as the person who first colonized the island of Andros, Greece.
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The Story of Andreus
Andreus first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1980, with 10 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 22 Andreuss were born — ranking #4,374 that year. As of 2026, Andreus ranks #6,773 for baby boys with 11 births, gradually falling (-5%). In total, more than 517 Andreuss have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Andreus
Andreus is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 517 births in the dataset. Andreus's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #3,838. Use the chart and map above to compare Andreus's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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- 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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