Given name & surname
Endre
“manly; a warrior”
Endre is a form of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Original HungarianAndrás
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Hungarian use, Endre carries the interpretation “manly; a warrior.” Endre 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 Hungarian.
How it developed
Endre is used as a form of Andre.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Endre through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 56
- 56 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1966
- 8 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 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1966. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 293 as a first name in 2020; 104 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Endre’s family of names
Endre shares a linguistic root with Andrew. Endre is a form of Andre. Endre is a form of Andrew.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Endre has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Hungarian roots to each of them.
Hungarianwhere Endre comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Endre
- Robert CapaAmerican photographer (1913–1954)
- Endre AdyHungarian poet (1877–1919)
- Endre SzemerédiHungarian-American mathematician and theoretical computer scientistborn 1940
- Endre KabosHungarian fencer (1906–1944)
- Endre BotkaHungarian association football playerborn 1994
- Endre StrømsheimNorwegian biathleteborn 1997
- Endre SteinerHungarian chess player (1901–1944)
- Endre Tillifencer (1922-1958)
- Endre Palóczfencer (1911–1988)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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