Andreyev

Andreyev (Russian: Андреев) is a common Russian surname. It derives from Andrei, the Russian form of "Andrew", making it roughly equivalent to "Andrews" or "Anderson". The name is also sometimes spelled Andreev, Andreeff, or Andrejew. Its feminine form is Andreyeva (Russian: Андреевa), which is also sometimes spelled Andreeva.

Mentions of the surname may refer to:

A

• Andrejewa de Skilondz, or Adelaide von Skilondz (1880–1969), Russian opera soprano singer and singing teacher
• André Andrejew (1887–1967), French-Russian production designer, a classic of the film decor building
• Alexander F. Andreev (born 1939), Russian physicist
• Andrew Andreyev (born 1972), Australian lawyer
• Andrey Andreyev (politician) (1895–1971), Soviet politician, Politburo member under Stalin
• Anatole Andrejew (born 1914), French scientist, biochemist of Russian origin
• Adrian Andreev (born 2001), professional Bulgarian tennis player
• Andrey Andreev (born 1974), Russian-British entrepreneur

B

• Boris Andreyev (1915–1982), Soviet film actor, People's Artist of the USSR
• Boris Andreyev (born 1940), Soviet cosmonaut

C

• Catherine Andreyev (born 1955), British historian at Christ Church Oxford, daughter of Nikolay E.Andreyev

D

• Daniil Andreyev (1906–1959), Russian writer, author of ´The Rose of The World´, son of the writer Leonid Andreyev

E

• Ekaterina Andreeva (journalist), Russian journalist and television presenter
• Ekaterina Andreeva (swimmer) (born 1993), Russian swimmer
• Elena Kuchinskaya-Andreeva (born 1984), Russian racing cyclist

H

• Halyna Andreyeva (born 1985), Ukrainian beauty pageant contestant

I

• Igor Andrejew (1915–1995), Polish lawyer, author of the Polish Criminal Code from 1969
• Igor Andreev (born 1983), Russian tennis player
• Iuliia Andreeva (born 1984), Kyrgyzstani long-distance runner

L

• Leonid Andreyev (writer) (1871–1919), Russian writer and dramatist, one of the most important Russian modern writers
• Leonid Andreyev (doctor) (1891–1941), Soviet physiologist and surgeon
• Ljubov Andrejewa-Delmas, (1884- ? ), Russian mezzo-soprano opera singer

M

• Maria Andreyeva (1868–1953), Russian/Soviet actress

N

• Nadezhda Andreeva Udaltsova (1886–1961), Russian avant-garde artist
• Nadezhda Andreyeva (1959–2014), Soviet alpine skier
• Nikita Andreev (born 1988), Russian footballer
• Nikolai Nikolaevich Andreev (1880–1970), Soviet physicist
• Nikolay Andreyev (1873–1932), Russian sculptor and graphic artist, member of Wanderers (Peredvizhniki)
• Nikolay Andreyev (critic) (1892–1942), Soviet literary critic and student of folklore
• Nikolay Yefremovich Andreyev (historian) (1908–1982), Russian historian medievalist, lector at Cambridge, author of memoirs
• Nina Andreyeva (1938–2020), Russian teacher, author and political activist

O

• Olga Andrejew Carlisle (born 1931), American writer, granddaughter of the writer Leonid Andrejew, daughter of the poet Vadim Andreyev

P

• Paulina Andreeva (born 1988), Russian actress
• Pavel Andreyev (1874–1950), Russian bass-baritone opera singer
• Paweł Andrejew (1887–1942), Polish attorney of Russian origin
• Piotr Andrejew (born 1947), Polish film director, grandson of Paweł Andrejew

S

• Sasha Andreev (born 1981), American actor
• Sergey Andreyev (born 1956), Soviet football player and Russian coach
• Sergei Andreeyev (born 1970), Uzbekistani football player
• Sergei Andrejev (1897–1930), Estonian Communist politician
• Stepan Andreyev, 18th-century Russian polar explorer

T

• Tatiana Andreeva (born 1970), Soviet figure skater
• Teodora Rumenova Andreeva (born 1987), Bulgarian pop-folk singer

V

• Vadim Andreyev (born 1958), Russian film and theatre actor
• Vadim Andreyev (poet) (1906–1959), Russian poet exiled in Berlin and Paris, author of Childhood, son of Leonid Andreyev
• Vasily Andreyev (1861–1918), Russian musician and balalaika virtuoso
• Vasily Andreyev-Burlak (1843–1888), Russian actor
• Viktoriya Andreyeva (born 1992), Russian swimmer

Ye

• Yelena Andreyeva (born 1969), Russian sprinter and medalist at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics

See also

• Andreyevka
• Andreyevo, Russian places also formerly known as Andreyeva

Bibliography

• Unbegaun, B. O. (1972). Russian Surnames. Oxford University Press.