André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name

Andrew Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is frequently shortened to "Andy" or "Drew". The word is derived ...

, and is now also used in the

English-speaking world Speakers of English are also known as Anglophones, and the countries where English is natively spoken by the majority of the population are termed the ''Anglosphere''. Over two billion people speak English , making English the largest languag ...

. It used in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...

and other

French-speaking countries French became an international language in the Middle Ages, when the power of the Kingdom of France made it the second international language, alongside Latin. This status continued to grow into the 18th century, by which time French was the ...

. It is a variation of the

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

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Andreas Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The name ...

'', 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 Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

: André *

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid ...

: Andreu * Czech: Andrej, Ondřej * Dutch: Andries * English: Andrew, André * Estonian: Andres, André/Andre * Finnish: Antero *

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

: André *

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

: André/Andre,

* Hungarian: András, Endre * Icelandic: Andri *

Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesia ...

: Andri * Italian: Andrea * Irish: Aindrias, Aindréas; Aindriú * Japanese: アンデルー (Anderū), アンドレー (Andorē) *

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

: Andrius *

Lingala Lingala (Ngala) (Lingala: ''Lingála'') is a Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the northern half of the Republic of the Congo, in their capitals, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, and to a lesser degree ...

: André *

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power ...

: André * Latvian: Andrejs *

Maltese Maltese may refer to: * Someone or something of, from, or related to Malta * Maltese alphabet * Maltese cuisine * Maltese culture * Maltese language, the Semitic language spoken by Maltese people * Maltese people, people from Malta or of Malte ...

: Indri * Norwegian: André/Andre, Anders * Polish: Andrzej, Jędrzej * Portuguese: André * Romanian: Andrei * Russian: Andrei, Andrey *

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well a ...

: Aindrea, Anndra *

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia an ...

: Andrija * Slovenian: Andrej *

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: ** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...

: Andrés *

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

: André/Andre * Ukrainian: Andrii, Andriy *

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

: 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 Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors. Agassi is the second of five men to ac ...

, American tennis player * André Aleman, Dutch neuroscientist * Andre Anis, Estonian football player * Andre Anthony (born 1996), American football player *

André-Marie Ampère André-Marie Ampère (, ; ; 20 January 177510 June 1836) was a French physicist and mathematician who was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics". He is also the inventor of n ...

, 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 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 o ...

, also known as André 3000, American musician, record producer and actor * André Bona, French footballer *

André Breton André Robert Breton (; 19 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer and poet, the co-founder, leader, and principal theorist of surrealism. His writings include the first ''Surrealist Manifesto'' (''Manifeste du surréalisme'') o ...

, French writer and theorist * André Butzer, German painter *

André Burakovsky André Burakovsky (also stylized as Burakowsky; born 9 February 1995) is an Austrian-born Swedish professional ice hockey forward for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Washington Capitals, w ...

, Swedish ice hockey player * Andre Carter, American National Football League (NFL) football player * Andre Castro (racing driver), American racing driver *

André Cayatte André Cayatte (3 February 1909, in Carcassonne – 6 February 1989, in Paris) was a French filmmaker, writer and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility. Cayatte began his directora ...

, French filmmaker and lawyer * Andre Chachere (born 1996), American football player *

André Chénier André Marie Chénier (; 30 October 176225 July 1794) was a French poet of Greek and Franco-Levantine origin, associated with the events of the French Revolution of which he was a victim. His sensual, emotive poetry marks him as one of the precur ...

, French poet *

Andre Cisco Andre J. Cisco (born March 23, 2000) is an American football safety for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Syracuse, and was drafted by the Jaguars in the third round of the 2021 NFL Dra ...

(born 2000), American football player * André Citroën, French inventor and engineer * André Cools, Belgian politician * André Frédéric Cournand, French physician and physiologist *

Andre Dawson Andre Nolan Dawson (born July 10, 1954), nicknamed "The Hawk" and "Awesome Dawson", is an American former professional baseball player and inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame. During a 21-year baseball career, he played for four different tea ...

, American baseball player *

Andre De Grasse Andre De Grasse (born November 10, 1994) is a Canadian sprinter. A six-time Olympic medallist, De Grasse is the reigning Olympic champion in the 200 m, and also won the silver in the 200 m in 2016. He won a second silver in the 4×100 r ...

, Canadian sprinter *

André Derain André Derain (, ; 10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. Biography Early years Derain was born in 1880 in Chatou, Yvelines, Île-de-France, just outside Paris ...

, French painter * Andre Dillard, American National Football League (NFL) football player *

André van Duin 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 ...

, Dutch comedian *

André van Duren André van Duren (born 20 June 1958) is a Dutch film director. Career His 1992 film ''Heading for England'' won the Dutch Film Critics Award at the Netherlands Film Festival. In 2000, he directed the film '' Mariken'' which is based on Pe ...

(born 1958), Dutch film director * André Gagnon (1936–2020), Canadian composer and pianist *

Andre Geim , birth_date = , birth_place = Sochi, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union , death_date = , death_place = , workplaces = , nationality = Dutch and British , fields = Condensed matter physics ...

, Dutch-British physicist *

André Gide André Paul Guillaume Gide (; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1947). Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anticolonialism ...

, 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 Andre O’Neal Harrell (September 26, 1960 – May 7, 2020) was an American music executive and multimedia producer. In 1986, recently a rapper, he formed Uptown Records, soon a leader in R&B, rap, and their fusion, " hip hop soul" and " ne ...

(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 Andre James (born May 2, 1997) is an American football center for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UCLA. Early life and high school James grew up in South Jordan, Utah, and attended Herr ...

, American National Football League (NFL) football player *

André Kuipers André Kuipers (; born 5 October 1958) is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut. He became the second Dutch citizen, third Dutch-born and fifth Dutch-speaking astronaut upon launch of Soyuz TMA-4 on 19 April 2004. Kuipers returned to Earth aboard ...

, Dutch astronaut *

André Kuper André Kuper (born 14 December 1960) is a German politician from the Christian Democratic Union. Between 1997 and 2012 he was mayor of the city of Rietberg. Since then he has been a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. Kuper was ele ...

(born 1960), German politician *

André Lafargue André Lafargue (2 July 1917 – 18 July 2017) was a French journalist and theatre critic. Early life André Lafargue was born on 2 July 1917 in Paris. His father, Jean Lafargue, was the CEO of an electricity and gas company in Nord. His mother, F ...

(1917–2017), French journalist and theatre critic *

André Lange André Lange (; born 28 June 1973) is a retired German bobsledder and the most successful bob pilot of all time. Competing at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, he has won four gold and one silver medals. Lange originally started his sledd ...

, German bobsledder *

André Le Nôtre André Le Nôtre (; 12 March 1613 – 15 September 1700), originally rendered as André Le Nostre, was a French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France , house = Bourbon , father = Lo ...

, French architect * André Lotterer, German-Belgian racing driver * Andre McCarter (born 1953), American basketball player * André Michel Lwoff, French biologist *

André Malraux Georges André Malraux ( , ; 3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel ''La Condition Humaine'' ( Man's Fate) (1933) won the Prix Goncourt. He was appointed by P ...

, French writer, art theorist, and Minister of Cultural Affairs * André Maurois, French writer *

André Maranne André Maranne (14 May 1926 – 12 April 2021) was a French-English actor best known for playing roles in English-language films beginning in the mid-1950s. Life and career Born André Gaston Maillol in Toulouse, France, Maranne's best known r ...

, French-born British actor *

André Masséna André Masséna, Prince of Essling, Duke of Rivoli (born Andrea Massena; 6 May 1758 – 4 April 1817) was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.Donald D. Horward, ed., trans, annotated, The Fre ...

, 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 André George Previn (; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. His career had three major genres: Hollywood films, jazz, and classical music. In each he achieve ...

(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 André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (; is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra. Rieu and his orchestra have turned classical and waltz music into a worldwide concert touring act. He re ...

, Dutch violinist, orchestra conductor *

Andre Russell Andre Dwayne Russell (born 29 April 1988) is a Jamaican who has played international cricket for West Indies and for Jamaica in domestic cricket as an all-rounder. He currently plays in various T20 leagues around the globe. Russell was part of ...

, Jamaican and West Indies cricketer * Andre Romelle Young, American musician also known as Dr. Dre even though he is not a doctor *

André Salvat André Salvat (16 May 1920 – 9 February 2017) was a colonel in the French Army. He was a veteran of World War II, the First Indochina War and the Algerian War. He was made a Companion of the Liberation for his World War II service. Early life ...

(1920–2017), French Army colonel * André Seznec, French engineer * André Schubert, German football player and manager * André Schürrle, German football player *

Andre Smith (linebacker) Andre Smith (born April 20, 1997) is an American football linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Carolina. High school Smith attended Trinity Christian Academy in Jac ...

, American National Football League (NFL) football player * André Soares, Portuguese architect *

André Sollie André Sollie (born 7 July 1947) is a Belgian author and illustrator of children's literature. Career Sollie made his debut in children's poetry with ''Soms, dan heb ik flink de pest in'' in 1986. In 2000, Sollie and Ingrid Godon published t ...

, Flemish author and illustrator of children's literature * André Spicer, New Zealand professor of organisational behaviour *

Andre Spitzer Andre Spitzer ( he, אנדרי שפיצר; 4 July 1945 – 6 September 1972) was an Israeli fencing master and coach of Israel's 1972 Summer Olympics team. He was one of 11 athletes and coaches taken hostage and subsequently killed by terrorists ...

, 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 André Leon Talley (October 16, 1948 – January 18, 2022) was an American fashion journalist, stylist, creative director, and editor-at-large of '' Vogue'' magazine. He was the magazine's fashion news director from 1983 to 1987, its first Afr ...

(1948–2022), American fashion journalist *

André the Giant André René Roussimoff (; 19 May 1946 – 28 January 1993), better known by his ring name André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. Roussimoff was known for his great size, which was a result of gigantism caused by exces ...

(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 Andre Alexander Shaquille Wisdom (born 9 May 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back or centre-back. Wisdom began his career at Bradford City before signing for Liverpool in 2008. He made his senior debut for th ...

, 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 André Zwoboda (1910–1994) was a French screenwriter, producer and film director.Rège p.476 Selected filmography Director * ''Life Belongs to Us ''Life Belongs to Us'' (french: La vie est à nous) is a 1936 documentary propaganda film comm ...

, French screenwriter, film director and producer

Surname

* Benjamin André (1990), French footballer *

Fabienne André Fabienne André (born 20 September 1996) is a British wheelchair racer Wheelchair racing is the racing of wheelchairs in track and road races. Wheelchair racing is open to athletes with any qualifying type of disability, amputees, spinal cord ...

(1996), born British wheelchair racer *

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(1750 – 1780), British army officer (American war of independence) *

Mark Andre Mark Andre (born 10 May 1964) is a French composer living in Germany. He was known as "Marc André," his birth name, until 2007, when he formally revised the spelling. He lives in Berlin. Andre's compositions ''durch'' (2006), ''...auf... III'' (2 ...

(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'' * André Baptiste Sr., a character from the 2005 film ''

Lord of War ''Lord of War'' is a 2005 American crime drama film written, produced, and directed by Andrew Niccol, and co-produced by and starring Nicolas Cage. The film was released in the United States on September 16, 2005, to positive reviews and gros ...

'' * 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 ''Victorious'' (stylized as ''VICTORiOUS'') is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider that originally aired on Nickelodeon, debuting on March 27, 2010, and concluding on February 2, 2013 after four seasons. The series revolves around asp ...

'' * André Jurieux, a character in the 1939 film ''

The Rules of the Game ''The Rules of the Game'' (original French title: ''La règle du jeu'') is a 1939 French satirical comedy-drama film directed by Jean Renoir. The ensemble cast includes Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, ...

'' *

André LeBlanc (DC Comics) André LeBlanc is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. As his name implies ("André LeBlanc" translated from French into English is "Andre The White"), LeBlanc is easily identified by his highly-conspicu ...

, a supervillain who appears in American comic books published by

DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their f ...

* 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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andre French masculine given names Given names of Greek language origin

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