Andres
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Andrew. Patronymic surname, borrowed from Spanish Andrés.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Andres (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 318 |
| 2000 | 330 |
| 2001 | 345 |
| 2002 | 355 |
| 2003 | 358 |
| 2004 | 367 |
| 2005 | 381 |
| 2006 | 396 |
| 2007 | 406 |
| 2008 | 418 |
| 2009 | 430 |
| 2010 | 437 |
| 2011 | 449 |
| 2012 | 464 |
| 2013 | 469 |
| 2014 | 472 |
| 2015 | 487 |
| 2016 | 498 |
| 2017 | 522 |
| 2018 | 530 |
| 2019 | 526 |
| 2020 | 525 |
Andres in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Andres.Hi! My name is Andres.
- Har du träffat Andres? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Andres? He started working here on Monday.
- Andres har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Andres has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Andres mamma är lärare.Andres's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Andres mamma is Andres's mum. Because Andres already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Andres
How do you pronounce Andres in Swedish?
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What does the name Andres mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Andrew. Patronymic surname, borrowed from Spanish Andrés.
How popular is Andres in Sweden?
2 babies were named Andres in 2022. In 2020, 525 people in Sweden had Andres as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.