Andrija
Andrija is the South Slavic form of Andreas, widely cherished in Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro. Rooted in the biblical tradition of Saint Andrew, it possesses significant spiritual and cultural heritage. Despite ending in a vowel, it is a distinctly male name that carries a warm Mediterranean touch.
Origin and etymology of the name
Scholarly onomastic and linguistic analysisAndrija is a masculine name of Greek origin meaning 'manly, courageous'.
Detailed etymology (in Slovak)
Južnoslovanská podoba gréckeho mena Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), používaná najmä v chorvátčine a srbčine. Meno súvisí s gréckym prídavným menom ἀνδρεῖος (andreios), ktoré znamená „mužný, odvážny“, a so základom andr- podstatného mena ἀνήρ (anér), v genitíve ἀνδρός (andrós), „muž“. Južnoslovanská podoba nepredstavuje samostatný slovanský etymologický pôvod.
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ANDRIJA
100% identical to original formNo diacritics (ASCII)
Universal international spelling12 foreign variants
Czech, English, Hungarian- •No diacritics – it matches international passports, plane tickets and foreign keyboards exactly.
- •Easy to pronounce everywhere – no sound clusters that are hard for foreigners.
- •A global name – it has direct equivalents in more than 9 world languages.
Name days and calendars
Dates in Slovak and international calendarsIn Slovak, the stress falls on the first syllable.
Slovak declension
Overview of grammatical cases for greetings, cards, and official useDiminutives and pet forms
Affectionate and family nicknamesNotable figures named Andrija
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