André


title: "André" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["french-masculine-given-names", "galician-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names", "given-names-of-greek-language-origin"] topic_path: "geography/france" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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| | gender | Male | | region | France, Quebec, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Canada, United States, Italy and others | | language | French, Portuguese and others | | alternative spelling | Andre | | nickname | Andy, Dre | | related names | Andrew Ander Anderson Andy Andrei Andrejs Andrzej Andriy Andrea Andreas Andrée/Andrey Andrej Andrés Drew | | name day | November 30 | ::

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| gender = Male | region = France, Quebec, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Canada, United States, Italy and others | language = French, Portuguese and others | origin = | alternative spelling = Andre | nickname = Andy, Dre | variant forms = | related names = Andrew Ander Anderson Andy Andrei Andrejs Andrzej Andriy Andrea Andreas Andrée/Andrey Andrej Andrés Drew | name day = November 30 | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form corresponding to the English 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'.

The name is popular in Norway and Sweden.

Cognate names

Cognate names are:

Notable people with this first name include

Surname

Main article: André (surname)

Fictional characters

Other uses

References

References

  1. [http://www.ssb.no/navn/ Navn] – [[Statistics Norway]]
  2. [http://www.scb.se/en_/Finding-statistics/Statistics-by-subject-area/Population/General-statistics/Name-statistics/Sammanstallningar/Namesearch/ Namesearch – Statistiska centralbyrån] {{webarchive. link. (4 January 2014)
  3. (2012). "A Dictionary of First Names". Oxford University Press.

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