Andres

See also: Andrés and andres

English

Etymology

Patronymic surname, borrowed from Spanish Andrés.

Proper noun

Andres (countable and uncountable, plural Andreses)

1. A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Andrew.
   • 2015 April 11, Tovin Lapan, “California birth certificates and accents: O’Connor alright, Ramón and José is not”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 4 April 2025:

     Every year in California thousands of parents choose names such as José, Andrés and Sofía for their children, often honoring the memory of a deceased grandmother, aunt or sibling. On the state-issued birth certificates, though, those names will be spelled incorrectly.

2. A surname from Spanish.

Derived terms

• Andres Bonifacio
• Andres Ilagan
• San Andres

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Andres is the 2813^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12821 individuals. Andres is most common among White (46.21%) and Hispanic/Latino (33.27%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Andres”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 39.

Anagrams

• dearns, denars, resand, sander, snared, Anders, sandre, Snader, Arends, Naders, Sander, Dranes, Danser, Sendra, redans, Rendas

Estonian

Proper noun

Andres

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew

Related terms

• Andero, Ando, Andre, Andreas, Andrus, Anti

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Andrés, from Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔanˈdɾes/ [ʔɐn̪ˈd̪ɾɛs]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: An‧dres

Proper noun

Andrés (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

1. (biblical) Andrew
2. a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Andrew
3. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Andres is the 119^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 51,363 individuals.