Andreyev Explained

Andreyev (ru|Андреев) is a common Russian surname. It derives from Andrei, the Russian form of "Andrew". The name is also sometimes spelled Andreev, Andreeff, or Andrejew. Its feminine form is Andreyeva (ru|Андреевa), sometimes spelled Andreeva.

Notable people with the surname include:

A

• Adelaide Andreyeva von 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 Fedorovich Andreev (1893–1941), Russian inventor of the jetpack
• Alexander Fyodorovich Andreev (1939–2023), Russian physicist
• Andrey Andreyev (politician) (1895–1971), Soviet politician, Politburo member under Stalin
• Anatole Andrejew (1914–2013), 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 (1940–2021), Soviet cosmonaut

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
• Erika Andreeva (born 2004), Russian tennis player

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
• Mirra Andreeva (born 2007), Russian tennis player

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 (1947–2017), 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^[1]
• 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
• Vladimir Andreyev (disambiguation), several people

Y

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

Bibliography

• Book: Unbegaun, B. O.. Russian Surnames. 1972. Oxford University Press.

Notes and References

1. http://www.allplayers.in.ua/ua/player/58 Profile of Sergei Andreyev