# Andrey

Andrey (Андрей) is a masculine given name predominantly used in Slavic languages, including Belarusian, Bulgarian, and Russian. The name is derived from the ancient Greek Andreas (Ἀνδρέας), meaning "man" or "warrior".
In Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Andrey holds religious significance, particularly due to Saint Andrew, the patron saint of several countries, whose legacy has contributed to the name’s popularity across Orthodox nations.
In Spanish-speaking countries, Andrey can be interpreted as a portmanteau of the name Andrés and Rey, the Spanish word for king.

## People with the given name

* Andrey (footballer, born 1974), Andrey Gustavo dos Santos, midfielder for Sanfrecce Hiroshima
* Andrey (footballer, born 1983), Andrey Nazário Afonso, goalkeeper for Avenida
* Andrey (footballer, born 1993), Andrey da Silva Ventura, goalkeeper for Sampaio Corrêa
* Andrey (footballer, born 1996), Andrey Falinski Rodrigues, midfielder for Betim Futebol
* Andrey (footballer, born February 1998), Andrey Ramos do Nascimento, midfielder for Coritiba
* Andrey (footballer, born November 1998), Andrey Marcos Andrade Pereira, midfielder for Los Cabos United
* Andrey (footballer, born 2004), Andrey Nascimento dos Santos, midfielder for Chelsea
* Andrei of Polotsk (c. 1325 – 1399), Lithuanian nobleman
* Andrei Alexandrescu, Romanian computer programmer
* Andrey Amador, Costa Rican cyclist
* Andrei Arlovski, Belarusian mixed martial artist
* Andrey Arshavin, Russian football player
* Andrey Belousov (born 1959), Russian politician
* Andrey Bolotov, Russian agriculturalist and memoirist
* Andrey Borodin, Russian financial expert and businessman
* Andrei Chikatilo, prolific and cannibalistic Russian serial killer and rapist
* Andrei Denisov (weightlifter) (born 1963), Israeli Olympic weightlifter
* Andrey Ershov, Russian computer scientist
* Andrey Esionov, Russian painter
* Andrey Esipenko, Russian chess grandmaster
* Andrei Glavina, Istro-Romanian writer and politician
* Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989), Belarusian Soviet politician and diplomat
* Andrey Ivanov, several people
* Andrei Karlov, Russian diplomat
* Andrei Kanchelskis, retired Russian football player
* Andrei Kirilenko (born 1981), Russian basketball player and administrator
* Andrei Kirilenko (politician), Russian Soviet politician
* Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician
* Andrey Korotayev, Russian anthropologist
* Andrei Kostitsyn, Belarusian hockey player
* Andrei Lankov, Russian Koreanist
* Andrei Lupan, Moldovan writer
* Andrei Netto, Brazilian journalist and writer
* Andrei Markov, Russian ice hockey player
* Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician
* Andrei Mureșanu (1816–1863), Romanian poet and revolutionary
* Andrey Osterman, Russian statesman
* Andrei Platonov, Russian-born writer of the Soviet period
* Andrei Rublev, Russian icon painter
* Andrey Rublev (tennis), Russian tennis player
* Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
* Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian film director
* Andrei Vasilevski, Belarusian tennis player
* Andrey Vlasov, Russian general
* Andrey Voznesensky, Russian writer
* Andrey Vyshinsky, Soviet politician
* Andrei Zhdanov, Russian politician
* Andrei Zhelyabov, Russian revolutionary