André Jolicoeur

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 used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-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.Namesearch – Statistiska centralbyrån

Cognate names

Cognate names are:
* Bulgarian: Andrei, Andrey
* Breton : Andrev
* Canadian: André
* Catalan: Andreu
* Czech: Andrej, Ondřej
* Dutch: Andries
* English: Andrew, André
* 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
* 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: Andrija
* Slovenian: Andrej
* Spanish: Andrés
* Swedish: André/Andre
* Ukrainian: Andrii, Andriy
* Welsh: Andras

Given name

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
*Andre Baccellia (born 1997), American football player
*André Bessette (born 1845), Catholic Saint
*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
*Andre Castro (racing driver), American racing driver
*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 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 Kuper (born 1960), German politician
*André Lafargue (1917–2017), French journalist and theatre critic
*André Lange, German bobsledder
*André Le Nôtre, French architect
*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
*Andre Romelle Young, American musician also known as Dr. Dre even though he is not a doctor
*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 (architect), 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 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 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

* 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 (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 André de France, Old French romance from the 12th century
* André Delambre, a character in the 1958 film ''The Fly (1958 film), The Fly'', which was based on the The Fly (Langelaan), 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 Lyon (Empire), Andre Lyon, a character in the American musical drama ''Empire''
*André Micheaux, best known as Michael Vaughn, a character in the television series ''Alias (TV series), Alias''
* André Toulon, a character in the film series ''Puppet Master (film series), Puppet Master''

Other uses

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

See also

*Jean-André
*Lucile Randon, Sister/Sœur André

References

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French masculine given names
Given names of Greek language origin