Given name
Dandrae
“a lighthearted man”
Dandrae is a variant of Dandre. One American interpretation is “a lighthearted man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dandrae is a variant of Dandre. One American interpretation is “a lighthearted man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dandrae is a variant of Dandre. An origin associated with Dandre is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dandrae through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 61
- 61 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2007.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dandrae’s family of names
Dandrae has a related form in Dandre.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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