Andries as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Andries

What is the meaning of the name Andries ?

The baby name Andries is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Dutch/Afrikaans: /ˈɑn.driːs/ (AHN-drees); English approximation: /ˈændriːz/ (AN-dreez).

Andries is Afrikaans, Dutch in Origin.

Andries is the Dutch and Afrikaans form of Andreas, itself from the Greek Andreas, “manly, brave,” derived from anēr/andros “man.” Carried by the apostle Saint Andrew, the name spread widely across Christian Europe, entering the Low Countries in medieval baptismal records and persisting through the Reformation. In Dutch it functioned alongside Andreas but took on a distinctly vernacular flavor; Afrikaans preserved it through colonial-era settlement in southern Africa.

Use has been steady in Flanders, the Netherlands, and especially South Africa, with bearers such as Andries de Graeff (17th‑century Amsterdam regent) and Boer leader Andries Pretorius. Short forms include Dries and Ries; feminine counterparts include Andrea and the Afrikaans Andriette. Related international variants are Andreas (German/Scandinavian), André (French/Portuguese), Andrew (English), Anders (Scandinavian), Andreu (Catalan), Andriy (Ukrainian), and Andrei (Russian/Romanian). The traditional name day aligns with Saint Andrew on 30 November.