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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
Position on the annual list
Andrej — Position on the annual list#35#37#39#42#44#462017201820192020202120222023

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.

Characteristics

BiblicalClassicReligiousInternationalModerately common

Notable people called Andrej

  • Andrei TarkovskyRussian filmmaker
  • Andrei SakharovRussian 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.