# Andreas

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #15,329

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Ancient Greek from the Latin form of Andrew.
2. A transliteration of the Greek male given name Ανδρέας (Andréas).
3. A village and parish of the sheading of Ayre, Isle of Man.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Andrew.

## Easily confused with
- **Andrew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/andreas-vs-andrew)
- **Andrei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/andreas-vs-andrei)
- **Andres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/andreas-vs-andres)
- **Andrey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/andreas-vs-andrey)
- **Andrews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/andreas-vs-andrews)
- **André** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/andre-vs-andreas)
- **Andes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/andes-vs-andreas)
- **Andrea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/andrea-vs-andreas)
- **Anders** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anders-vs-andreas)
- **Andean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/andean-vs-andreas)
- **address** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/address-vs-andreas)

## Common misspellings (10)
`adnreas`, `anddreas`, `anderas`, `andraes`, `andreass`, `andresa`, `andrreas`, `anndreas`, `anrdeas`, `nadreas`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/andreas