Given name & surname
Andre
“manly; a warrior”·“manliness”·“virility”
In German use, Andre has a related form in André. In French use, André carries the interpretation “manly; a warrior.” In Italian use, Andre is a diminutive of Andrea. For the English feminine name, one alternative theory points to Greek andreia, “manliness” or “virility.” This is a proposed route of formation, not a settled translation covering every use of Andrea.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Andre has a related form in André. In French use, André carries the interpretation “manly; a warrior.” In Italian use, Andre is a diminutive of Andrea. For the English feminine name, one alternative theory points to Greek andreia, “manliness” or “virility.” This is a proposed route of formation, not a settled translation covering every use of Andrea.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Andre is a form of Andrew. An origin associated with Andrew is Greek. In Italian use, Andre is a diminutive of Andrea. Italian Andrea is the equivalent of Andrew. English feminine Andrea is usually connected with Andreas, though an independent English creation from a Greek word has also been proposed.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian use, Andre is a diminutive of Andrea. The shared background comes through Andrea: The Italian and English traditions should be read separately. The English name may be a feminine adaptation of Andreas; another explanation treats it as a learned coinage from andreia. The evidence does not establish one route with certainty.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Italian use, Andre is a diminutive of Andrea. The history of Andrea gives this family its wider story. The English feminine name is documented from the seventeenth century rather than the Middle Ages. That later appearance is part of the reason its origin has been debated separately from Italian masculine Andrea.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Andre through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 132,861
- 130,656 boys · 2,205 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 2,573 babies
- 2025
- 868
- #368 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 868 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 368 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 2,510 in 1970. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (158). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 110,181 as a first name in 2020; 9,317 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.
Andre’s family of names
In Italian usage, Andre is a diminutive of Andrea. Andre shares a linguistic root with Andrew. In Estonian usage, Andre has a related form in Andres.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Andre has relatives in 10 languages.
8 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 26
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Andrewcognate · English
- Anderequivalent
- Andersequivalent
- Andreyequivalent
- Andrejequivalent
- Andriyequivalent
- Andrzejequivalent
- Andorequivalent
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- Andradeequivalent
- Ondrejequivalent
- Andreuequivalent
- Androequivalent
- Androwequivalent
- Andriusequivalent
- Andrejsequivalent
- Endrerelated form
- Андрейequivalent
- Anttiequivalent
- Drejcequivalent
- Andrésequivalent
- Андрійequivalent
- Andresen“son of” surname · Danish
- AntreeFinnish
- Andréasequivalent
- Ondřejequivalent
- Andrásequivalent
People named Andre
- Andre AgassiAmerican tennis player (born 1970)
- Dr. DreAmerican rapper, record producer, record executive, and actorborn 1965
- Andre GeimRussian-born Dutch-British physicistborn 1958
- Andre IguodalaAmerican basketball player (born 1984)
- Andre De GrasseCanadian sprinterborn 1994
- Andre BraugherAmerican actor (1962–2023)
- Andre NortonAmerican writer of science fiction and fantasy (1912–2005)
- Andre Gunder FrankGerman-American economic historian and sociologist who promoted dependency theory after 1970 and world-systems theory after 1984 (1929–2005)
- André MyhrerSwedish alpine skierborn 1983
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