Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. Common alternative include Andrey, Andrei, or Andreiy. Other, less common, versions include ‘Andreas', ‘Andrés', ‘Anders', ‘Endrew', 'Andrej' and ‘André'. ‘Andrew' is a common name in English-speaking countries. In the 1990s it was among the top ten most popular names for baby boys in those countries. In Italian, the equivalent to ‘Andrew' is ‘Andrea', though forms of ‘Andrea' are feminine in most other languages. Andrew is frequently shortened to ‘Andy' or ‘Drew'. Some religious figures and buildings of the Roman Catholic Church and other Christian denominations use the name Andrew, such as Saint Andrew the apostle, or the many churches named in the honor of Saint Andrew.

Australia

In 1990, Andrew was the first most popular name in Australia. In 1980, it was the 19th most common name, while in 1970, it was the 31st most common name. Andrew was the second most popular boys name in the Northern Territory in 1980. In Victoria, Andrew was the third most popular name for a boy in the 1970s.

Canada

Andrew was the twentieth most popular name chosen for male infants in 2005. Andrew was the 16th most popular name for infants in British Columbia in 2004, the 17th most popular name in 2003, and the 19th most popular name in 2002. In 2001, it was the 18th most common name. From 1999 - 2003, Andrew was the sixth most often chosen name for a boy.

Europe

In the United Kingdom in 1974, Andrew was the fourth most common name among infants, and it was third in 1964.

In Norway, with the spelling 'Andreas', the name has been the second most common boy name of the 1990s.

United States

The eleventh most common baby name in 2006, Andrew was among the ten most popular names for male infants in 2005. Andrew was the sixth most popular choice for a male infant in 2004. In 2002 and 2001, Andrew was the seventh most popular baby name in the United States. In the 1980s, Andrew was the 19th most popular choice of baby name in the United States. In the 1970s it was the 31st most popular name. From the 1960s stretching back at least as far as the 1880s, Andrew was not among the forty most popular names in America.

Andrew variants

Aindrea, Aindreas or Anndra : Scottish Gaelic for males

Anders: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish for males

Andersine: Danish for females

Andraž: Slovene for males

András: Hungarian for males

André: French for males

Andre: Javanese for males

Andrejs: Latvian for males

Andrea: Albanian, Italian for males (the Italian form is usually for males, it is rarely a female name); Croatian, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish for females

André: Portuguese for males

Andrej: Slovak (Slovakia), Czech, Croatian and Serbian, Slovene for males

Andreja: Croatian, Slovene for females