Andis

Andis was a personal [Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992,ISBN 0631198075.,Page 85,"... the south and Ratiaria (Archar) on the Danube include a few names of Pannonian Illyrian origin, for example, Dassius and Andio, ..."] name found among the Illyrians of Bosnia and Herzegovina, more specifically the ancient provinces of southern Panonia and much of northern Dalmatia. A more frequently occurring variant is Andes. Due to this particular geographic distribution, the origin and the meaning of Andis/Andes may be connected to the name origin of Andizetes, a small Illyrian tribe whose home was precisely present day Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Andes and Andis resemble Greek names, with word endings of "es", or "is", as opposed to Illyrian name endings, "o", and "on", like Andio, which were found too throughout the Illyrian territories, but predominantly in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Female versions of the name include Andia and Andena.

The closest, or the most similar corresponding word pertaining to the etymology of Andis, or Andes is the Proto-Albanian word "Anda", meaning "a strong desire", from which a modern Albanian word of "Andja" (desire, wish or lust) is believed to derive [Orel, Vladimir, Albanian Etymological Dictionary] . However, other etymological explanations might be valid too.

The name of ancient pagan god, Andinus (Deo Andino sacrum) is yet another word that has been related to this personal name.Fact|date=February 2008

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