Andrew Name: Origins, Meanings, Numerology, Parent Name, Related Names
Andrew
Destiny number: 2, Name power: 65
Name's parent: Andreas
Parent name for: Andy
Name meaning: English form of the Ancient Greek name "Andreas". Andreas was derived from "aner" - "man" (genitive
"andros" - "of a man"), which would translate as "brave, manly, of men". In the New Testament the
apostle Andrew is the first disciple to join Jesus. He later preached in the Black Sea region (in
Dobrogea - in the South East of present Romania, and then up to the Dnieper river). There are
legends saying he was crucified on an X-shaped cross, after returning into Greece, in the city of
Patras, in Peloponnese. Saint Andrew is regarded as the patron of Greece, Romania, Russia,
Scotland. The flag of Scotland (and consequently the Union Flag which also features on the flags of
Australia, New Zealand and the arms and flag of Nova Scotia) feature St Andrew's saltire cross.
The feast of Andrew is observed on November 30 in both the Eastern and Western churches.