Andrija

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Андрија in MK North Macedonia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Andrija is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name1.3K records spelled Andrija5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Serbia, United States, Brazil

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Andrijä

• Russian given name134 records spelled Andrija8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia

  Languages: Russian, Hindi, Ukrainian

  Also written Andriya, Андрия

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Andrija is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latvian, pilsēta Itālijas dienvidaustrumos (Ándria), Apūlijas reģiona Barletas-Andrijas-Trani provincē, 100500 iedzīvotāju (2014. g.)

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

AT Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) — 23 years between 1999–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Andrija Zmajevićb. 1624MESerbian poet
• Andrija Kačić Miošićb. 1704HRCroatian Franciscan friar and writer (1704-1760)
• Andrija Mohorovičićb. 1857HRCroatian seismologist (1857–1936)
• Andrija Artukovićb. 1899HRConvicted World War II war criminal (1899–1988)
• Andrija Hebrangb. 1946HRCroatian politician
• Andrija Mandićb. 1965MEMontenegrin politician
• Andrija Žižićb. 1980HRCroatian basketball player (born 1980)
• Andrija Delibašićb. 1981MEMontenegrin footballer (1981–2025)
• Andrija Kaluđerovićb. 1987RSSerbian footballer
• Andrija Živkovićb. 1996RSSerbian footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 189 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Andrija?

We estimate roughly 23 thousand people bear Andrija (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Andrija have the most bearers?

We estimate about 8.3 thousand people bear Andrija in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled andrija.

Where is Andrija most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Andrija is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 518 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Andrija compared with other names?

In Montenegro, Andrija is the 38th most common given name of 834 given names recorded there.

Is Andrija a male or female name?

Andrija is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Andrija mean?

Recorded meaning: Latin Andreas, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās, “courageous”).