Andres

Meaning of Andres

Andrés—spoken in English with a drifting ahn-DRAYS and in Spanish with the firmer AHN-dres—unfolds like ink gliding across rice paper, its origin rooted in the ancient Greek andreios, “brave, manly,” yet tempered through centuries of Iberian sun into the mellower Spanish form that now travels the world; he is a name that carries the austere strength of the apostle Saint Andrew and the quiet discipline of a samurai bow. On the ear, the two syllables strike like a bamboo fountain’s measured drop—brief, resonant, unhurried—while on the page the accented é blooms like a lone cherry blossom, subtly insisting on its own timbre. In the United States, Andrés has moved through the decades much as a crane migrates across changing skies: never the loudest flock, yet always present, its numbers rising gently from the post-war hush to a current perch near the top two hundred, proof of steady admiration rather than fleeting trend. Parents drawn to this name often sense the balance it offers—earthy vigor paired with lyrical contour—suggesting a son who walks the shoreline between resolve and reflection, katana-keen when needed, tea-cup calm when not. Thus Andrés, at once global and intimate, modern and time-worn, invites a child to grow with the poise of bamboo in winter: flexible, enduring, and quietly strong.

Pronunciation

American English

• Pronunced as ahn-DRAYS (/ɑnˈdreɪz/)

Spanish

• Pronunced as AHN-dres (/anˈdɾes/)