András
Only about 130 men in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one. The name comes from Greek, meaning "manly, brave".
András Pronunciation
András is pronounced AHNDRÁS (/andrás/).
What András means
Where András comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
András comes from the Greek Andreas, and behind that name stands the word andreios, meaning manly or brave. The root is anēr, andros, the ordinary Greek word for a man. The name says something plain about strength before it says anything else.
The apostle Andrew carried this Greek name first, a fisherman from Galilee, and it traveled north and east across Europe until Hungarian speakers shaped it into András. The vowels shifted, the stress settled on the first syllable, and the meaning held: manly, brave.
A child called András in a Polish szkoła hears his name read from the register with that long final á, a spelling that marks it as arriving from beyond the border.
The story is old and direct. Whoever wears it is called brave in Greek before he can spell either word.
How many people are named András
1 in 164201 men in Poland is named András. 130 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2916 among male names.
András as a middle name
András is a first name for 130 men in Poland and a middle name for another 29, an 82/18 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1550th, between Adil (29) and Angus (29).
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#1548 Zoltán30
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#1549 Adil29
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#1550 András29
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#1551 Angus29
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#1552 Berkay29