André

For other uses, see André (disambiguation).

AndréPronunciation| /ˈɑːndreɪ/, /ˈɒndreɪ/
Portuguese: [ɐ̃ˈdɾɛ]
French: [ɑ̃dʁe]

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Gender| Male[1]
Language(s)| French, Portuguese and others[1]
Name day| November 30
Origin
Region of origin| France, Quebec, Portugal, Canada, United States, Italy and others
Other names
Alternative spelling| Andre
Nickname(s)| Andy, Dre[1]
Related names| Andrew
Ander
Anderson
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 used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well as in Portugal, Brazil 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'.[1]

The name is popular in Norway and Sweden.[2][3]

## Cognate names

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Cognate names are:[1]

* Bulgarian: Andrei, Andrey
* Breton : Andrev
* Canadian: André
* Catalan: Andreu
* Czech: Andrej, Ondřej
* Dutch: André, Andries
* English: Andrew, André
* Estonian: Andres, André/Andre, Andero
* 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
* Lingala : André
* Latin : André
* Latvian: Andrejs
* Maltese: Indri
* Norwegian: André/Andre, Anders
* Polish: Andrzej, Jędrzej
* Portuguese: André
* Romanian: Andrei
* Russian: Andrei, Andrey
* Scottish Gaelic: Aindrea, Anndra
* Serbo-Croatian: Andrej, Andreja, Andrija
* Slovenian: Andrej
* Spanish: Andrés
* Swedish: André/Andre
* Ukrainian: Andrii, Andriy
* Welsh: Andras

## Notable people with this first name include

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* 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 Chapelon (1892-1978), French mechanical engineer
* 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 (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 Wyss, American paleontologist
* 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

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Main article: André (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

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* 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
* 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

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* André (film), a 1994 film about André the seal
* André (play), a 1798 play by William Dunlap
* André the Seal

## See also

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* Andrée – feminine form of the name
* Dre (given name), includes people named Dré

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
2. ^ Navn – Statistics Norway
3. ^ Namesearch – Statistiska centralbyrån Archived 4 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine

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