André
Pronunciation | /ˈɑːndreɪ/ Portuguese: [ɐ̃.ˈdɾɛ] French: [ɑ̃.dʁe] |
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Gender | Male[1] |
Language(s) | French, Portuguese and others[1] |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Andre |
Nickname(s) | Andy, Dre[1] |
Related names | Andrew Ander Andy Andrei Andrejs Andrzej Andriy Andrea Andreas Andrée/Andrey Andrej Andrés Drew[1] |
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It is a variation of the Greek name Andreas, a short form of any of various compound names derived from andr- 'man, warrior'.[1]
The name is popular in Norway and Sweden.[2][3]
Cognate names[]
Cognate names are:[1]
- Bulgarian: Andrei, Andrey
- Breton : Andrev
- Canadian: André
- Catalan: Andreu
- Czech: Andrej, Ondřej
- Dutch: Andries
- English: Andrew
- Estonian: Andres, André/Andre
- Finnish: Antero
- French: André
- German: André/Andre, Andreas
- Hungarian: András, Endre
- Icelandic: Andri
- Indonesian: Andri
- Italian: Andrea
- Irish: Aindrias, Aindréas; Aindriú
- Japanese: アンデルー (Anderū), アンドレー (Andorē)
- Lithuanian: Andrius
- Latvian: Andrejs
- Maltese: Indri
- Norwegian: André/Andre, Anders
- Polish: Andrzej, Jędrzej
- Portuguese: André
- Romanian: Andrei
- Russian: Andrei, Andrey
- Scottish Gaelic: Aindrea, Anndra
- Serbo-Croatian: Andrija
- Slovenian: Andrej
- Spanish: Andrés
- Swedish: André/Andre
- Ukrainian: Andrii, Andriy
- Welsh: Andras
First name[]
Notable people with this first name include:
- André (footballer, born 1972), Brazilian footballer
- Andre Agassi, American tennis player
- André Aleman, Dutch neuroscientist
- Andre Anis, Estonian football player
- André-Marie Ampère, French physicist
- André Béguin (born 1897), Swiss war criminal and commandant of the World War II Wauwilermoos internment camp
- André Benjamin, also known as André 3000, American musician, record producer and actor
- André Bona, French footballer
- André Breton, French writer and theorist
- André Butzer, German painter
- André Burakovsky, Swedish ice hockey player
- Andre Carter, American National Football League (NFL) football player
- André Cayatte, French filmmaker and lawyer
- Andre Chachere (born 1996), American football player
- André Chénier, French poet
- Andre Cisco (born 2000), American football player
- André Citroën, French inventor and engineer
- André Frédéric Cournand, French physician and physiologist
- Andre Dawson, American baseball player
- Andre De Grasse, Canadian sprinter
- André Derain, French painter
- Andre Dillard, American National Football League (NFL) football player
- André van Duin, Dutch comedian
- André van Duren (born 1958), Dutch film director
- André Gagnon (1936–2020), Canadian composer and pianist
- Andre Geim, Dutch-British physicist
- André Gide, French writer
- André de Gouveia, Portuguese humanist and pedagogue
- André Grétry, French composer
- Andre Gregory, French-born American writer, director and actor
- André Greipel, German cyclist
- André Haefliger, Swiss mathematician
- Andre Harrell (1960–2020), American record producer, songwriter, rapper (Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde), and founder of Uptown Records
- Andre Hollins, American basketball player
- Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
- Andre James, American National Football League (NFL) football player
- André Kuipers, Dutch astronaut
- André Lafargue (1917–2017), French journalist and theatre critic
- André Lange, German bobsledder
- André Le Nôtre, French architect
- André Leon Talley, American fashion journalist
- André Lotterer, German-Belgian racing driver
- Andre McCarter (born 1953), American basketball player
- André Michel Lwoff, French biologist
- André Malraux, French writer, art theorist, and Minister of Cultural Affairs
- André Maurois, French writer
- André Maranne, French-born British actor
- André Masséna, French military commander in French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
- André Furtado de Mendonça, Portuguese governor of India
- André Michelin, French industrialist who founded the Michelin Tyre Company
- Andre Miller, American basketball player
- Andre Mintze (born 1998), American football player
- André Moynet, French wartime fighter pilot and politician
- André Myhrer, Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist
- André Ooijer, Dutch football player
- André Øvredal, Norwegian film director and screenwriter
- Andre President, American National Football League (NFL) football player
- André Previn (1929–2019), German-American jazz and classical pianist, conductor and composer
- Andre Rampersad (born 1995), Trinidadian footballer
- André de Resende, Portuguese Renaissance archaeologist
- André Rebouças, Brazilian engineer and abolitionist
- André F. Richard (1906–1993), Canadian politician and businessperson
- André Rieu, Dutch violinist, orchestra conductor
- Andre Russell, Jamaican and West Indies cricketer
- André Salvat (1920–2017), French Army colonel
- André Seznec, French engineer
- André Schubert, German football player and manager
- André Schürrle, German football player
- Andre Smith (linebacker), American National Football League (NFL) football player
- André Soares, Portuguese architect
- André Sollie, Flemish author and illustrator of children's literature
- André Spicer, New Zealand professor of organisational behaviour
- Andre Spitzer, Israeli 1972 Summer Olympics fencing coach and victim of the Munich massacre
- André Støylen, Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
- Andre Strode, American National Football League (NFL) football player
- André the Giant (André Roussimoff), French wrestler and actor
- André Thapedi, American lawyer and politician
- Andre Tippett, American National Football League (NFL) football player
- André Travetto, French footballer
- André Villas-Boas, Portuguese football manager
- Andre Wisdom, British football player
- Andre Woolridge (born 1973), American basketball player
- Andre Young, better known as Dr. Dre, American rapper and producer
- André Verbart, Dutch poet
- André Zwoboda, French screenwriter, film director and producer
Surname[]
- Fabienne André (1996), born British wheelchair racer
Fictional characters[]
- André, a character in the 1984 short film The Adventures of André & Wally B.
- André, the main antagonist of the Ubisoft video game Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
- André, in the 2016 film A Wedding
- André Baptiste Sr., a character from the 2005 film Lord of War
- André-Baptiste Depérinconu, a character from the Belgian comic strip Le Petit Spirou
- André Bishop, the main protagonist of the Electronic Arts video game Fight Night Champion
- André Bourgeois, a character in the animated series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
- André Camel, a fictitious FBI agent in the manga series Case Closed
- André de France, the eponymous hero from the Old French romance from the 12th century
- André Delambre, a character in the 1958 film The Fly, which was based on the namesake short story
- André DiMera, a fictional serial killer from the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
- André Grandier, one of the main characters of the manga series The Rose of Versailles
- André Harris, a character from the Nickelodeon TV series Victorious
- André Jurieux, a character in the 1939 film The Rules of the Game
- André LeBlanc, a supervillain who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics
- Andre Lyon, a character in the American musical drama Empire
- André Micheaux, best known as Michael Vaughn, a character in the television series Alias
- André Toulon, a character in the film series Puppet Master
Other uses[]
- André (film), a 1994 film about André the seal
- André (play), a 1798 play by William Dunlap
- André the Seal
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. 2012.
- ^ Navn – Statistics Norway
- ^ Namesearch – Statistiska centralbyrån Archived 4 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- Given names
- French masculine given names
- Given names of Greek language origin