Andreas
Andreas is the classical international form of the Greek name tied to the Christian tradition of the Apostle Andrew. It is widely used across Europe, particularly in Greek- and German-speaking regions as well as Scandinavia. It offers parents a distinguished, noble, and universally recognized choice.
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International equivalents and translations
Origin and etymology of the name
Scholarly onomastic and linguistic analysisThe name Andreas is of Greek origin and means 'manly', 'brave', or 'valiant'.
Detailed Slovak etymology analysis
Pochádza zo starogréckeho mena Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), ktoré sa vykladá z prídavného mena ἀνδρεῖος (andreios), teda „mužný, statočný, udatný“. Jeho základom je podstatné meno ἀνήρ (anēr), v genitíve ἀνδρός (andros), s významom „muž“. Latinská podoba Andreas je prevzatím gréckeho mena, nie samostatným pôvodom.
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ANDREAS
100% identical to original formNo diacritics (ASCII)
Universal international spelling25 foreign variants
Česky, Anglicky, Maďarsky- •Zápis bez diakritiky – 100 % zhodný s medzinárodnými pasmi, letenkami a cudzími klávesnicami.
- •Univerzálna výslovnosť – neobsahuje zhluky hlások náročné pre cudzincov.
- •Globálne rozšírené meno – má priame ekvivalenty vo viac než 10 svetových jazykoch.
Name days and calendars
Dates in Slovak and international calendarsV slovenskej výslovnosti má meno tri slabiky: An-dre-as, s prízvukom na prvej slabike. Samohlásky e a a sa vyslovujú oddelene.
Grammar & Cases
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