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[1], 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

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Andres is the 2813th 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.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Andres

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew

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 119th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 51,363 individuals.