I’ve been really crushing on [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] lately, and I feel like it’s time to get some opinions on it. Would you use it up front, or as a middle? I’m leaning toward it as a middle, as I’m not hugely fond of [name_u]Andy[/name_u], and I feel like it’s long enough someone might try to give him a nn. Any combo ideas? I’ve been thinking about [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] or [name_m]Zane[/name_m] [name_m]Andreas[/name_m], but I think I still prefer my current combos ([name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Gaspard[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m]; [name_m]Zane[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] [name_m]Caspian[/name_m]) to those.
I feel like I never hear [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] bantered about, and I’m wondering why it’s so under-the-radar. When I mention it to people in real life, they don’t seem to dislike it (except my sister, haha. She definitely hates it.). Is there something inherently wrong with [name_m]Andreas[/name_m]?
I like [name_m]Andreas[/name_m], but not for myself. It’s one of those names that I find really handsome, but prefer on someone else’s child. I think the nickname [name_u]Andre[/name_u] is more likely than [name_u]Andy[/name_u]. [name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_m]Andreas[/name_m]?
I think it’s because [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] is more “foreign” than the names most berries tend to go for. I’d fully expect [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] to be European, most likely [name_m]German[/name_m] or Greek. I also wonder if it has anything to do with the similarity to [name_u]Andrea[/name_u]. The generation having babies right now probably went to school with more than one [name_u]Andrea[/name_u], so that could be off-putting I suppose.
I know too many bratty [name_m]Andres[/name_m]/Andreis to ever go for [name_u]Andre[/name_u] as a nn, haha! One in particular. I could easily fall for [name_m]Jack[/name_m] [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Peter[/name_m], but is that any better than [name_m]Jack[/name_m] [name_u]August[/name_u] [something]? Once I fall for a combo, I fall for it really hard! (Which makes fitting in new loves really, really difficult. le sigh.) I do really, really love [name_m]Peter[/name_m] and [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] together, though! I’m thinking about [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Peter[/name_m] more as a double middle than [name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [second middle]…
I’m not a huuuuge fan of it, but I prefer the more classic [name_m]Andrew[/name_m], that’s why. [name_m]Jack[/name_m] [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Peter[/name_m] is nice, but, I feel like, when asked about it, [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] is one of those names where, to most people, you need to justify it with your background (sort of like the view that, in order to name your daughter [name_f]Nanette[/name_f], you MUST be [name_m]French[/name_m] in some way or connect to [name_f]France[/name_f]). It’s sad, and rather silly, but it does give me that feel.
However, if you do love it that much, go for it. There are plenty of names I love that others don’t, but I doubt I’ll refrain from using them to please strangers.
Does anyone else feel the same way about [name_m]Andreas[/name_m]? This idea sort of intrigues me, just because I’ve never seen it as CRAZY odd (but I suppose I could justify it with my [name_m]German[/name_m] ancestry?)–just a less common name with [name_m]German[/name_m]/Dutch roots, much like [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] or [name_m]Benedict[/name_m]/[name_m]Benedikt[/name_m] or [name_f]Anouk[/name_f]. I feel like [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] is still extremely versatile and usable. But maybe that’s just my interpretation of it?
I’ve always been iffy on [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] and its variants, anyways, so I probably wouldn’t use it up front, but I do really love it for a middle.
[name_m]Grant[/name_m] [name_m]Andreas[/name_m]? Does anyone like that? I’ve been leaning toward [name_m]Grant[/name_m] [name_m]Frederic[/name_m] [[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]?], but I sort of like [name_m]Grant[/name_m] [name_m]Andreas[/name_m], and I certainly like [name_m]Conrad[/name_m] much better with [name_m]Grant[/name_m] [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] than [name_m]Grant[/name_m] [name_m]Frederic[/name_m]…
I like [name_m]Andreas[/name_m]. I don’t like [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Andreas[/name_m], but only because [name_u]Sam[/name_u] [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] reminds me of San [name_m]Andreas[/name_m]… It otherwise works as a middle but I also like it as a fn. It definitely has European roots, but I knew a very midwestern-American [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] in college and never really thought about it.
There is an [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] in the company that I work for and he is based in Europe, although actually in a Nordic country and not Greece or Germany where I would mostly associate the name with.
I like it and would definitely consider it a good (traditional but fresh) first name