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Source revisionAug 7, 2026
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Andreyev (Russian: 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 (Russian: 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

Lyubov Andreyeva-Delmas (1884–1969), 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

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

See also

All pages with titles containing Andreyev

All pages with titles containing Andreev

All pages with titles containing Andreyeva

All pages with titles containing Andreeva

Andrew § East Slavic surnames

Bibliography

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

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