Andrue
Masculine · “A spelling of Andrew”
Andrue is Andrew written with ue, the pair English uses in true and blue. The name belongs to the steel magnate who paid for thousands of public libraries on one condition: the town had to keep them open.
How old is the name Andrue?
Andrue first appears in US birth records in 1978 — 47 years ago. The typical Andrue alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 600 people named Andrue are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Andrue most popular?
Andrue peaked in 1998, reaching #2199 nationally. See the whole 1998 chart.
Where it comes from
From Andreas to Andrue
The story of Andrue
English writes the same oo sound as ew in few and crew and as ue in true and blue, and Andrue swaps one for the other. Andrew Carnegie, born in Scotland, grew rich in American steel and gave away most of his fortune; he paid for more than two thousand public library buildings on the condition that each town provide the site and tax itself to keep the library running. Andrue is one of the spellings American families have used for Andrew.
Meaning
A spelling of Andrew, from Greek 'man, manly'
Andrew comes from Greek Andreas, from aner, 'man'. Andrue writes the ending with ue.
How the name formed
- Andreas
- Andrew
- Andrue
Related forms: Andrew · Anndra · Andrés
Pronouncing Andrue
AN-droo
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Andrue
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
- 1978
- Most boys named
- 199841 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2199reached in 1998
- Change vs 2017
- −14.3%6 in 2018, from 7
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.
Andrue in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Andrew in English — spelling variant
- Anndra in Scottish Gaelic — same name
- Andrés in Spanish — same name
Andrues among us
people named Andrue are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
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Fashion outlook
Andrue sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds exactly like Andrew, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Andy and Drew as ready short forms.
- A settled meaning.
- Almost everyone will write Andrew.
- Some will read the ue as a slip.
- It sounds like a common name of its generation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Andrues are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Andrue are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Andrue in 2025?
- Andrue is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Andrue with classmates?
- Andrue will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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