André

André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and

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]

Cognate names

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
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

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 (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
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)

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
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

References

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ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
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^ Navn – Statistics Norway
^ Namesearch – Statistiska centralbyrån Archived 4 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine

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