Andrei
The same Greek root as Andrzej, from a word meaning "manly". In Poland it stays uncommon: meeting an Andrei is the kind of thing you'd remember, and it's given a little less with each passing year.
Andrei Pronunciation
Andrei is pronounced ahnd-RE-ee (/andˈrɛi/).
What Andrei means
Where Andrei comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Andrei comes from the Greek Andreas, built on "andros," the word for a man. Its short meaning has stayed near that root: manly, masculine. Andrew the Apostle wore the Greek form first, a fisherman whose name spread across Christian Europe and east into the Slavic lands.
The name reads as Russian to many ears. Andrei Rublev, the medieval icon painter, is proof enough, and Tarkovsky built a whole film around him. The form travels well, and it kept its old sense of strength wherever it landed.
Poland took the same Greek name and made it Andrzej. The warm, everyday version is Jędrek, the sort of name a teacher reads aloud from the class register on the first school day. One boy, one nod.
Behind all of it sits a plain pair of Polish words: mężny, dzielny.
How many people are named Andrei
1 in 1293 men in Poland is named Andrei. 16,506 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #297 among male names.
Andrei's popularity over time
5 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #907 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2017. Still the #297 name among living men, even as it slips to #907 among newborns.
Where Andrei is most popular
Andrei is most popular in Lubusz, 691% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+433%) and Masovian (+177%).
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Lubusz2 boys born+691%
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Pomeranian4 boys born+433%
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Masovian5 boys born+177%
Andrei as a middle name
Andrei is a first name for 16,506 men in Poland and a middle name for another 106, a 99/1 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 687th, between Văn (107) and Bernd (106).
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685
107Sławek
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686
107Văn
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687106Andrei
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688
106Bernd
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689
106Bruce