Given name & surname
Andrae
“manly; a warrior”
Andrae is a variant of André. In French use, André carries the interpretation “manly; a warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Andrae is a variant of André. In French use, André carries the interpretation “manly; a warrior.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Andrae through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,163
- 2,122 boys · 41 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 141 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,225 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −43%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,225 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 43.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 141 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,701 as a first name in 2020; 493 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Andrae
- Andrae WilliamsBahamian athletics competitor (born 1983)
- PopcaanJamaican singerborn 1991
- Andrae PattersonAmerican basketball player (born 1975)
- Andrae CampbellJamaican footballerborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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