Boy's name

Aindrias

“AN-dree-as (Munster an-DREE-as)”

from Greek anēr, andros, 'man'

AindréasAindriúAndrew
The story behind the name

The apostle, brother of Peter. Woulfe says it was one of the commonest names among the Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland, who also brought it in the Norman-French form that became Aindriú.

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Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Aindrias on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.

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