Andreus
Masculine · “Greek "manly”
Andreus takes a Greek name and gives it the wrong Greek ending — and it still reads as Greek, which is the interesting part. The classical form is Andreas. The -eus ending belongs to a different class of names: Orpheus, Perseus, Odysseus, Theseus. It is the ending of heroes, not of ordinary men.
How old is the name Andreus?
Andreus first appears in US birth records in 1980 — 45 years ago. The typical Andreus alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 500 people named Andreus are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Andreus most popular?
Andreus peaked in 1980, reaching #3838 nationally. Today it ranks #7194, 3,356 places below that high. See the whole 1980 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Andreas to Andreus
The story of Andreus
Greek masculine names take several nominative endings, and they are not interchangeable in the language: -as in Andreas and Lucas, -os in Nikolaos and Antonios, -es in Sokrates and Aristoteles, and -eus in a set that skews heavily mythological — Prometheus, Achilleus, Tydeus. English speakers have absorbed that last group through myth and school, and the ending now carries a flavor of antiquity and heroism regardless of what it is attached to. Andreus applies it to Andrew. The American figures are thin and peak in 1980, alongside a general fashion for extending familiar names with classical-sounding endings, of which the -ius names such as Jamarius and Antonius are the larger example.
Meaning
Greek "manly, of a man"
From Greek andreios, manly or brave, from anēr, andros, a man. The apostle's name is Andreas, and every European form descends from it: Andrew, André, Andrés, Andrei, Andrea. The -eus ending of Andreus is not the Greek form of this name; it is a separate Greek nominative class used mostly for mythological figures. The change does not alter the meaning, which stays with the andr- root.
How the name formed
- Andreas
- Andreus
Related forms: Ανδρέας · Andrew · Andrés · Andrei
Pronouncing Andreus
AN-dree-us
Three syllables, stress on the first. Some families say an-DRAY-us, following Andreas; both are in use, and the spelling does not decide between them.
Nicknames for Andreus
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1980
- Most boys named
- 200722 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3838reached in 1980
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%11 in 2025, from 11
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Andreus in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ανδρέας in Greek — related form
- Andrew in English — related form
- Andrés in Spanish — related form
- Andrei in Russian — related form
Andreuss among us
people named Andreus are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 155,280 born in 2025 was named Andreus
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Rone test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Andreus's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rone climbed just as high around 1954, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rone's path sketches the road Andreus is walking now.
Andreus sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Andreus beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Andreus in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The root meaning is settled and shared with one of the most widespread names in Europe.
- Andy and Drew are ready-made short forms needing no explanation.
- It reads as classical without being difficult to say.
- Andreas is the historically correct Greek form and will be substituted.
- The stress placement is not settled between families.
- It is easily confused with Andreas, Andres and Andrius in writing.
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Masculine · #7194 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Andreuss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Andreus are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Andreus in 2025?
- Andreus ranks #7194 among US boy names in 2025, with 11 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Andreus?
- About 1 in every 155,280 US boys born in 2025 was named Andreus — 11 in all.
- Will my child share the name Andreus with classmates?
- Andreus will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Andreus
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