Andreas is the original Greek form of Andrew and means "manly" or "brave", from the word aner, man; the apostle Andrew was the first disciple called by Jesus. It is the everyday form of the name in Greece, Germany, Scandinavia and Cyprus, and in America it usually points to roots in one of those countries. Andreas peaked at number 829 in 2003, left the US top 1000 soon after and ranks number 1,276 in 2025.