Andrej
Male#204 most common in Croatia4,634 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Manly, brave
- Origin:
- Greek
About the name Andrej
A Slavic form of Andrew, from Greek 'manly, brave'. Common across the Slavic world and used in Croatia.
Name day and nicknames
- Name day:
- November 30 (sv. Andrija)
Popularity with newborns
- Boys · 2023 · 94 births · #46 that year
Positions come from the annual top 50 published for each sex. A gap in the line means the name finished below 50th that year, not that no child was given it.
People with this name in Croatia
4,634 people in Croatia are called Andrej, according to the 2021 census. That is #204 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Andrej is recorded in every Croatian county.
Notable people called Andrej
- Andrei Tarkovsky — Russian filmmaker
- Andrei Sakharov — Russian physicist and Nobel laureate
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.