Alejandro
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Andrés
Meaning
A Greek name from the adjective andreios, meaning "manly". Andrés can thus be translated as "strong man".
Origin and History
- · From Greek Andreas, from andreios, "manly, brave". Andrew is one of the twelve apostles, brother of Simon Peter, and patron saint of Scotland, Greece and Russia.
- · Among the apostolic names, it is one of the few venerated as national patron saint in three different countries at once.
Traits and personality
Numerology links the initials A, J and S to the number 1 — initiative, self-reliance and an entrepreneurial streak: someone more likely to set the direction than wait for others to. This is a numerology reading, not an exact science — character is shaped by life, not by a name.
- Initial
- A
- Syllables
- 2
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