| ![Show Contents]() Andrei History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of AndreiWhat does the name Andrei mean? The surname Andrei is a patronymic name, which is a type of hereditary surname. The surname Andrei is derived from the given name of a parent or more remote ancestor. The surname Andrei derived from the given name André, which derived from the Latin name Andreas, which means "courageous". 1 Early Origins of the Andrei familyThe surname Andrei was first found in Provence, where the family has held a family seat since ancient times. During the Middle Ages several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contribution to the community in which they lived, and they were rewarded accordingly, thus rendering the name more illustrious. Several provinces claim to have been the seat of these great noble families, such as, Provence, Languedoc, Brittany, as well as, Lorraine, Auvergne, Normandy, Périgord, Dauphiné, and the City of Paris, to list a few. Some of these families have a seat in two different provinces such as the André de Villerin, of Brittany and Provence, and the barons André of Dauphiné and Brittany. Some also trace the name to a small village called Andrest, in the Hautes Pyrénées. 1 There was also a "Seigneurie", or Lordship, of the same name created for the family of De Varignières, in the province of Normandy in 1463. Early History of the Andrei familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Andrei research. Another 111 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1500, 1521, 1631, 1669, 1680, 1699, 1715, 1739, 1741, 1776 and 1785 are included under the topic Early Andrei History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Andrei Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: André, Andrée, Anddré, Anddrée, Amdré, Amdrée, Amddré, Amddrée, d'André, Andrea, Saint-André, St-André, Anddrea, Andé, Anddé, Andée, Anddée, Andrei, Anddrei, Andrey, Anddrey, Andret, Anddret, Andrai, Anddrai, Andray, Anddray, Andrais, Anddrais, Andraie and many more. Early Notables of the Andrei familyBernard André or Andreas (fl. 1500), a French-born, poet and historian. He was a Frenchman by birth, being a native of Toulouse, but came to England together with, or shortly before, Henry VII, whose poet laureate and historiographer he became. "Nothing is known of his family, though he is described by a contemporary as of distinguished birth; nor can we even guess the date at which he was born, except vaguely from the fact that in 1521 he describes himself as having attained extreme old age. He was probably introduced to the notice of Henry VII by Fox, afterwards bishop of...
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| Andrei migration to the United States | + |
Andrei Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- William Andrei, who arrived in Baltimore Maryland in 1806 2
- S Andrei, aged 28, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1838 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Andrei (post 1700) | + |
- Yannick Andréi (1927-1987), alias of Jean Antione Andréi, French film director and screenwriter
- Frédéric Andréi (b. 1959), French actor and director
- Stefan Andrei (1931-2014), Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania from 1978 to 1985
- Vasile Andrei (b. 1955), Romanian retired heavyweight wrestler, who competed in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1980 and a gold medal in 1984
- Roxana Oana Andrei (b. 1987), Romanian model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Petre Andrei (1891-1940), Romanian sociologist, philosopher, and politician who served as Education Minister in 1938-1940
- Michael Andrei (b. 1985), Romanian-born German volleyball player
- Marcello Andrei (b. 1922), Italian film director and screenwriter
- Ionut Andrei (1985-2010), Romanian bobsledder who competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics
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- Dionne, N.-E., Origine Des Familles Canadiennes-Français. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Print.
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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