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Etymology of Andrey

What does the name Andrey mean?

The history of the ancestors of the Andrey family begins among the Pictish clans ancient Scotland. The name Andrey comes from the personal name Henry.

Early Origins of the Andrey family

The surname Andrey was first found in Ayrshire and Fife where the intrusive "d" is common as in "Hendry." The earliest records are in the Latin form: "Henricus, dapifer, a witness c. 1183-88, and Henricus (Chen), bishop of Aberdeen, 1282-1328." 1

Early History of the Andrey family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Andrey research. Another 149 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1519, 1527, 1551, 1552, 1562, 1600, 1700, 1718, 1771, 1774, 1777, 1781, 1785, 1790, 1793, 1798 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Andrey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Andrey Spelling Variations

Prior to the invention of the printing press in the last hundred years, documents were basically unique. Names were written according to sound, and often appeared differently each time they were recorded. Spelling variations of the name Andrey include Hendry, Hendrie, MacHendry, MacHendrick, MacKendrick and many more.

Early Notables of the Andrey family

Robert Henry (1718-1790), Scottish historian, son of James Henry, farmer, of Muirton, parish of St. Ninian's, Stirlingshire, and Jean Galloway, was born on 18 Feb. 1718. "The first volume of Henry's ‘History of England’ appeared in 1771, the second in 1774, the third in...
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Migration of the Andrey family to Ireland

Some of the Andrey family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 76 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Andrey migration to the United States +

The freedom of the North American colonies was enticing, and many Scots left to make the great crossing. It was a long and hard journey, but its reward was a place where there was more land than people and tolerance was far easier to come by. Many of these people came together to fight for a new nation in the American War of Independence, while others remained loyal to the old order as United Empire Loyalists. The ancestors of Scots in North America have recovered much of this heritage in the 20th century through Clan societies and other such organizations. A search of immigration and passenger lists revealed many important and early immigrants to North America bearing the name of Andrey:

Andrey Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • William Andrey, who landed in Virginia in 1652 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Andrey (post 1700) +

  • Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky (1752-1836), Russian Ambassador to the Congress Of Vienna, created HSH Prince in 1815 and settled there in the end, converting to Catholicism, a close friend of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven who wrote the Razumovsky Quartets (Op. 59 Nos. 1, 2, and 3) for Andrey, and dedicated the 5th and 6th Symphonies to him
  • Andrey Vyacheslavovich Lopatov (1957-2022), Russian four-time gold, three-time silver medalist basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union
  • Andrey Vasilyevich Myagkov (1938-2021), Soviet/Russian film and theater actor
  • Andrey Smirnov (b. 1973), Russian wheelchair curler
  • Andrey Bundley (b. 1961), American Democratic Party politician, School principal ; Candidate in primary for Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, 2003, 2007 3
  1. Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
  2. 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)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html

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