Given name & surname
André
“manly; a warrior”
André is a form of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Original FrenchAndie
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, André carries the interpretation “manly; a warrior.” André is a form of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
In French use, André is used as a form of Andrew.
André’s family of names
In French usage, André has a diminutive in Andie. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, André shares a linguistic root with the English form Andrew. In Portuguese usage, André has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Andrea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
André has relatives in 55 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 16
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 58
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Andréefeminine form · French
- Andrewdoublet · English
- AndreaItalian
- AnderBasque
- Andersdoublet · Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish
- Andriyequivalent
- AndrzejPolish
- Andorequivalent
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- AndrusEstonian
- AnteroFinnish
- AndeSlovene
- Androwequivalent
- AndreoEsperanto
- OndrejSlovak
- OndraCzech
- AndreuCatalan, Occitan
- AndrejsLatvian
- Andriejusequivalent
- Drejcequivalent
- АндрейRussian, Bulgarian
- ΑνδρέαςGreek
- Andrésdoublet · Spanish, Icelandic
- Drécognate · Walloon
- Andrîcognate · Walloon
- AntreeFinnish
- OndřejCzech
- Ondrérelated form
- Andréasequivalent
- АндрійUkrainian
- AndrijaSerbian, Croatian
- IndriMaltese
- アンドリューJapanese
- AndrásHungarian
- Ἀνδρέαςroot · Ancient Greek
- AnttiFinnish
- 安德鲁Chinese
- AndrevBreton
- AndriesAfrikaans, Dutch
- АндрејSerbian
- АндријаSerbian
- JędrzejPolish
- Andrilonpoitevin-saintongeais
- Andraipoitevin-saintongeais
- Andruchepoitevin-saintongeais
- AndriuOccitan
- アンドレJapanese
- ანდროGeorgian
- Andrëgallo
- Anrëgallo
- AindriasIrish
- AindriúIrish
- AnndraScottish Gaelic
- Andrioufj
- AndriasFaroese
- 앤드류Korean
- АндрэйBelarusian
- ԱնդրեասArmenian
- أندروسArabic
People named André
- André GideFrench author and Nobel laureate (1869–1951)
- André MalrauxFrench novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
- André BretonFrench writer and poet, co-founder of Surrealism (1896–1966)
- André MauroisFrench author (1885–1967)
- André SchürrleGerman association football player (born 1990)
- André ChénierFrench poet1762–1794
- André AyewGhanaian footballer (born 1989)
- André DerainFrench painter and engraver (1880–1954)
- André Michel LwoffFrench microbiologist1902–1994
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