André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and
Portuguese form of the name
Andrew
Andrew is the English form of the given name, common in many countries. The word is derived from the , ''Andreas'', itself related to ''aner/andros'', "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "brave", "strong", "c ...
and is now also used in the
English-speaking world
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. It used in
France
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,
Quebec
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,
Canada
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and other
French-speaking countries, as well in
Portugal
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,
Brazil
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and other
Portuguese-speaking countries. It is a variation of the
Greek name ''
Andreas'', a short form of any of various compound names derived from ''andr-'' 'man, warrior'.
The name is popular in Norway and Sweden.
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Cognate names
Cognate names are:Latin
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: André
* Latvian: Andrejs
* Maltese: Indri
* Norwegian: André/Andre, Anders
* Polish: Andrzej, Jędrzej
* Portuguese: André
* Romanian: Andrei
* Russian: Andrei, Andrey
* Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...
: Aindrea, Anndra
* Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian ( / ), also known as Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually i ...
: Andrej, Andreja, Andrija
* Slovenian: Andrej
* Spanish: Andrés
* Swedish: André/Andre
* Ukrainian: Andrii, Andriy
* Welsh: Andras
Notable people with this first name include
* André (footballer, born 1972) (André Luíz Alves Santos), Brazilian footballer
* André (footballer, born 2001) (André Trindade da Costa Neto), Brazilian footballer
* Andre Agassi, American tennis player
* André Aleman, Dutch neuroscientist
* Andre Anis, Estonian football player
* Andre Anthony (born 1996), American football player
* André-Marie Ampère, French physicist
* Arnoldo André Tinoco, Costa Rican politician
* André do Avelar (1546–????), Portuguese author and professor
* Andre Baccellia (born 1997), American football player
* André Bachand (born 1934), Canadian politician
* André Bachand (born 1961), Canadian politician
* André Bardet (1909–2006), French painter
* André Baumer (born 1997), Brazilian footballer
* André Bessette (1845–1937), Catholic Saint
* André Béguin (1927–2021), 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 Dieudonné Berre (born 1940), Gabonese politician
* André Bona, French footballer
* Andre Braugher (1962–2023), American actor
* André Breton, French writer and theorist
* André Butzer, German painter
* André Burakovsky, Swedish ice hockey player
* Andre Campbell (physician), American
* Andre Carter (born 1979), American football player
* Andre Carter II (born 2000), American football player
* Andre Castro (racing driver), American racing driver
* André Castro (born 1988), Portuguese 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 Cools, Belgian politician
* André Courrèges (1923–2016), French fashion designer
* André Frédéric Cournand, French physician and physiologist
* Andre Dawson, American baseball player
* Andre De Grasse, Canadian sprinter
* André De Ridder, German classical musician
* André Dekeijser (1924–2013), Belgian contemporary sculptor
* André Derain, French painter
* Andre Dillard, American National Football League (NFL) football player
* André van Duin, Dutch comedian
*André van Duren
André van Duren (born 20 June 1958) is a Dutch film director. He has directed several films which won the Golden Film award for success at the box office.
Career
His 1992 film ''Heading for England'' won the Dutch Film Critics Award at the ...
(born 1958), Dutch film director
* Andre Finkelstein (1923–2013), French chemist
* 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 (1929–2023), 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 (born 1997), American football player
* Andre Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
* Andre Jordan, British artist, writer and poet
* Andre Kaup, German electrical engineer
* André Richardson King (born 1931), American designer and architect
* André Knevel (born 1950), Canadian concert organist, arranger, accompanist, and organ teacher
* André Krzatala (born 1999), German footballer
* André Kuipers, Dutch astronaut
* André Kuper (born 1960), German politician
* André Lafargue (1917–2017), French journalist and theatre critic
* André Lange, German bobsledder
* André Latarjet (1877–1947), French physician
* André Le Nôtre, French architect
* Andre Lodemann (born 1970), German disk jockey, composer, producer and label-founder
* André-Raphaël Loemba, republic of the Congo politician
* 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 Nascimento (born 1979), Brazilian volleyball player
* André Nascimento (footballer), André Francisco do Nascimento (1982–2010), Brazilian forward
* André Neles (1978–2020), Brazilian footballer
* Andre Norton (1912–2005), American science fiction and fantasy writer
* André Onana (born 1996), Cameroonian footballer
* André Ooijer, Dutch football player
* André Øvredal, Norwegian film director and screenwriter
* André Parmentier (politician) (1912–1978), French
* 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
* Andre Romelle Young, American musician also known as Dr. Dre
* Andre Roothman, South African actor and teacher
* André Salvat (1920–2017), French Army colonel
* André Sanglier (1911–1997), French politician
* André Sentenac (born 1939), French molecular biologist
* André Seznec, French engineer
* Andre Schickling German pool player
* André Schmidt (born 1989), German footballer
* André Schubert, German football player and manager
* André Schürrle, German football player
* André F. J. Scott, Canadian lawyer
* 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
* Andre Szmyt (born 1998), American football player
* André Leon Talley (1948–2022), American fashion journalist
* 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 Ventura, Portuguese politician
* André Villas-Boas, Portuguese football manager
* André Watts (1946–2023), American pianist
* Andre Wisdom, British football player
* André Wlodarczyk (born 1944), Polish-French linguist
* Andre Woolridge (born 1973), American basketball player
* Andre Young, better known as Dr. Dre, American rapper and producer
* André Verbart, Dutch poet
* André Zaoui (born 1941), French physicist
* André Zwoboda, French screenwriter, film director and producer
* Sœur André, French supercentenarian (1904–2023)
* Andre Taulany, Indonesian actor and comedian
Surname
* Benjamin André (1990), French footballer
* Fabienne André (1996), born British wheelchair racer
* John André (1750–1780), British army officer (American war of independence)
* Mark Andre (1964), French composer
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''
* Andre the blacksmith from the 3rd installment of the Fromsoft gaming series DarkSouls 3
* 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 (DC Comics), a supervillain who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...
*Andre Lee, a Korean-American biochemist in the American science fiction series ''Inside Job''
* 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''
*Andre Kriegman from the movie '' Zero Day''
Other uses
* ''André'' (film), a 1994 film about André the seal
* ''André'' (play), a 1798 play by William Dunlap
* André the Seal
See also
* Andrée – feminine form of the name
* Dre (given name), includes people named ''Dré''
References
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French masculine given names
Masculine given names
Given names of Greek language origin