Andres

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proper noun

A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Andrew.

Less commonScrabble 7

Meanings

proper nounAndres (countable and uncountable, plural Andreses)

plural Andreses

  1. countableuncountableA male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Andrew.

    Every year in California thousands of parents choose names such as José, Andrés and Sofía for their children, often honoring the memory of a deceased grandmother, aunt or sibling. On the state-issued birth certificates, though, those names will be spelled incorrectly.

    2015 April 11, Tovin Lapan, “California birth certificates and accents: O’Connor alright, Ramón and José is not”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2025
  2. countableuncountableA surname from Spanish.

Origin

  1. SpanishAndrés
  2. EnglishAndres

Patronymic surname, borrowed from Spanish Andrés.

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APA

Andres. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Andres

MLA

“Andres.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Andres. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Andres,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Andres.

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