Meaning: (Male, Manly, Brave,
Virility, Defender of Men, Latinized patronymic from the personal
name Andreas. This ancient surname recorded world-wide in over two hundred and
fifty spellings, and including as examples Andre, Aindrias, Andrew, Anders,
Jendrusch, Vondrak, Dandy, Andriol, Andretti, Ondracek, Vondraeck, Andress,
Jedrzejewicz, and Andriuis, is of pre Christian Greek origins. It derives from
the personal name "Andreas", meaning manly, and was held by the first
of Christ's disciples. Prior to the 10th century a.d., the name as a first name
only, there were no surnames before the medieval period, was almost exclusively
held by members of the church, one of the first of such recordings being that
of a monk "Andreas", in the English Domesday Book of the year 1086.
The name gained in popularity throughout Europe after the 12th century Crusades
to free the
Holy Land. These expeditions were
largely unsuccessful, nethertheless it became the normal practice for returning
soldiers to name their children after biblical and particularly Christian,
saints or martyrs. St Andrew is the patron saint of both Scotland and Russia,
and legend has it that his remains were brought to what is now the city of St.
Andrew's in Scotland, in the year 900 a.d.. Certainly the name is very popular
in that country. The surname was also one of the earliest settler names in
America.
Anthony Andrew being recorded in the first listings for the state of
Virginia in 1623. The
very first recorded spelling of the family name anywhere, is probably that of
William Andreu, which was dated 1237, in the ancient charters of the
county of
Buckinghamshire,
England,
in the year 1237. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have
continued to "develop", often leading to astonishing variants of the
original spelling.
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Andren
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Origin: (Swedish, Latin, Old Greek)
Pronunciation: (AENDerAHN, AN-dren)
Gender: Male, Possibly Uni-Sex
I first saw and came to like this
name when looking up longer names with Ren in them as I have a character named
Ren I thought to give a longer name to and have him be nicknamed Ren but I decided against
it and kept Ren as his full name. But I added Andren to my list for my blog. The
meanings are strong and brave. It has a long history of use or rather all its
variants have long history of uses.
I liked the above given names. I agree with the point to choose the name on the basis of research. I do the same. When I need to research on names take a reference from one of my favorite website www.babynology.com.
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting! I am glad you found my blog to be of use and that you like the above names! I am also glad to hear of someone else who does research before choosing a name! I have been told about babynology.com quite a few times by visitors to my blog and I thank them for suggesting it and I thank you for suggesting it as well! Thanks again for leaving a comment and do come back often as my blog is always changing!
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