Given name & surname
DeAndre
“a manly man”
DeAndre is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a manly man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a manly man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
DeAndre through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29,947
- 29,495 boys · 452 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 1,163 babies
- 2025
- 175
- #1,178 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 175 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,178 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 37.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,147 in 1994. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (19). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 21,024 as a first name in 2020; 103 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
DeAndre’s family of names
In English usage, DeAndre has a related form in Dandre. DeAndre has a related form in DeAndrae. In English usage, DeAndre has a related form in D'ANDRE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Dandrevariant · English
- DeAndraevariant
- Diondrayvariant
- DeAndrayvariant
- Deanndrelikely variant
- De’Andrevariant · English
- Diondraevariant
- Diandrayvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named DeAndre
- Soulja BoyAmerican rapper and record producer (born 1990)
- DeAndre YedlinAmerican soccer playerborn 1993
- DeAndre JordanAmerican basketball player (born 1988)
- Deandre AytonBahamian basketball player (born 1998)
- DeAndre LigginsAmerican basketball player (born 1988)
- DeAndre KaneAmerican basketball playerborn 1989
- DeAndre HopkinsAmerican football player (born 1992)
- Deandre KerrCanadian soccer playerborn 2002
- DeAndre DanielsAmerican basketball player (born 1992)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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