Andru
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AN-droo
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Andru is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “manly, brave”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Andru mean?
Greek: spelling of Andrew
“manly, brave”
A spelling of Andrew, from Greek andreios 'manly'.
Is Andru a girl's or a boy's name?
Andru is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Andru in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Andru, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 67 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Andru in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,505 boys in the US were given Andru or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #82, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
- Andrew 4,497
- Andru 8
Andru in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2009 | 42 | #2,846 |
| 2008 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2007 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2006 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 2005 | 60 | #2,057 |
| 2004 | 67 | #1,830 |
| 2003 | 49 | #2,202 |
| 2002 | 59 | #1,884 |
| 2001 | 67 | #1,706 |
| 2000 | 65 | #1,721 |
| 1999 | 64 | #1,652 |
| 1998 | 50 | #1,928 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,123 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Nicknames for Andru
Names like Andru
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arjun, Avi, Armani, Aarav, Xander, Luca, River, Aryan, Rishi, Aj, Angel, Arman
Other spellings of Andru
Names related to Andru
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Andru: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/andru, updated 20 October 2026.