André
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form corresponding to the English name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It is used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well as in Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking countries. It is a variation of the Greek name Andreas, a short form of any of various compound names derived from andr- 'man, warrior'.
The name is popular in Norway and Sweden.
Cognate names
Cognate names are:- Bulgarian: Andrei, Andrey
- Breton : Andrev
- Canadian: André
- Catalan: Andreu
- Czech: Andrej, Ondřej
- Dutch: André, Andries
- English: Andrew, André
- Estonian: Andres, André/Andre, Andero
- Finnish: Antero
- French: André
- German: André/Andre, Andreas
- Hungarian: András, Endre
- Icelandic: Andri
- Indonesian: Andri
- Italian: Andrea
- Irish: Aindrias, Aindréas; Aindriú
- Japanese: アンデルー, アンドレー
- Lithuanian: Andrius
- Lingala : André
- Latin : André
- Latvian: Andrejs
- Maltese: Indri
- Norwegian: André/Andre, Anders
- Polish: Andrzej, Jędrzej
- Portuguese: André
- Romanian: Andrei
- Russian: Andrei, Andrey
- Scottish Gaelic: Aindrea, Anndra
- Serbo-Croatian: Andrej, Andreja, Andrija
- Slovenian: Andrej
- Spanish: Andrés
- Swedish: André/Andre
- Ukrainian: Andrii, Andriy
- Welsh: Andras
Notable people with this first name include
- André (footballer, born 1972), Brazilian footballer
- André (footballer, born 2001), Brazilian footballer
- Andre Agassi, American tennis player
- André Aleman, Dutch neuroscientist
- Andre Anis, Estonian football player
- Andre Anthony, American football player
- André-Marie Ampère, French physicist
- Arnoldo André Tinoco, Costa Rican politician
- André do Avelar, Portuguese author and professor
- Andre Baccellia, American football player
- André Bachand, Canadian politician
- André Bachand, Canadian politician
- André Bardet, French painter
- André Baumer, Brazilian footballer
- André Bessette, Catholic Saint
- André Béguin, Swiss war criminal and commandant of the World War II Wauwilermoos internment camp
- André Benjamin, also known as André 3000, American musician, record producer and actor
- André Dieudonné Berre, Gabonese politician
- André Bona, French footballer
- Andre Braugher, American actor
- André Breton, French writer and theorist
- André Butzer, German painter
- André Burakovsky, Swedish ice hockey player
- Andre Campbell (physician), American
- Andre Carter, American football player
- Andre Carter II, American football player
- Andre Castro (racing driver), American racing driver
- André Castro, Portuguese football player
- André Cayatte, French filmmaker and lawyer
- Andre Chachere, American football player
- André Chapelon, French mechanical engineer
- André Chénier, French poet
- Andre Cisco, American football player
- André Citroën, French inventor and engineer
- André Cools, Belgian politician
- André Courrèges, French fashion designer
- André Frédéric Cournand, French physician and physiologist
- Andre Dawson, American baseball player
- Andre De Grasse, Canadian sprinter
- André De Ridder, German classical musician
- André Dekeijser, Belgian contemporary sculptor
- André Derain, French painter
- Andre Dillard, American National Football League football player
- André van Duin, Dutch comedian
- André van Duren, Dutch film director
- Andre Finkelstein, French chemist
- André Gagnon, Canadian composer and pianist
- Andre Geim, Dutch-British physicist
- André Gide, French writer
- André de Gouveia, Portuguese humanist and pedagogue
- André Grétry, French composer
- Andre Gregory, French-born American writer, director and actor
- André Greipel, German cyclist
- André Haefliger, Swiss mathematician
- Andre Harrell, American record producer, songwriter, rapper, and founder of Uptown Records
- Andre Hollins, American basketball player
- Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
- Andre James, American football player
- Andre Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
- Andre Jordan, British artist, writer and poet
- Andre Kaup, German electrical engineer
- André Richardson King, American designer and architect
- André Knevel, Canadian concert organist, arranger, accompanist, and organ teacher
- André Krzatala, German footballer
- André Kuipers, Dutch astronaut
- André Kuper, German politician
- André Lafargue, French journalist and theatre critic
- André Lange, German bobsledder
- André Latarjet, French physician
- André Le Nôtre, French architect
- Andre Lodemann, German disk jockey, composer, producer and label-founder
- André-Raphaël Loemba, republic of the Congo politician
- André Lotterer, German-Belgian racing driver
- Andre McCarter, American basketball player
- André Michel Lwoff, French biologist
- André Malraux, French writer, art theorist, and Minister of Cultural Affairs
- André Maurois, French writer
- André Maranne, French-born British actor
- André Masséna, French military commander in French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
- André Furtado de Mendonça, Portuguese governor of India
- André Michelin, French industrialist who founded the Michelin Tyre Company
- Andre Miller, American basketball player
- Andre Mintze, American football player
- André Moynet, French wartime fighter pilot and politician
- André Myhrer, Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist
- André Nascimento, Brazilian volleyball player
- André Nascimento (footballer), André Francisco do Nascimento, Brazilian forward
- André Neles, Brazilian footballer
- Andre Norton, American science fiction and fantasy writer
- André Onana, Cameroonian footballer
- André Ooijer, Dutch football player
- André Øvredal, Norwegian film director and screenwriter
- André Parmentier (politician), French
- Andre President, American National Football League football player
- André Previn, German-American jazz and classical pianist, conductor and composer
- Andre Rampersad, Trinidadian footballer
- André de Resende, Portuguese Renaissance archaeologist
- André Rebouças, Brazilian engineer and abolitionist
- André F. Richard, Canadian politician and businessperson
- André Rieu, Dutch violinist, orchestra conductor
- Andre Russell, Jamaican and West Indies cricketer
- Andre Romelle Young, American musician also known as Dr. Dre
- Andre Roothman, South African actor and teacher
- André Salvat, French Army colonel
- Andre' Sam, American football player
- André Sanglier, French politician
- André Sentenac, French molecular biologist
- André Seznec, French engineer
- Andre Schickling German pool player
- André Schmidt, German footballer
- André Schubert, German football player and manager
- André Schürrle, German football player
- André F. J. Scott, Canadian lawyer
- Andre Smith (linebacker), American National Football League football player
- André Soares, Portuguese architect
- André Sollie, Flemish author and illustrator of children's literature
- André Spicer, New Zealand professor of organisational behaviour
- Andre Spitzer, Israeli 1972 Summer Olympics fencing coach and victim of the Munich massacre
- André Støylen, Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
- Andre Strode, American National Football League football player
- Andre Szmyt, American football player
- André Leon Talley, American fashion journalist
- André the Giant, French wrestler and actor
- André Thapedi, American lawyer and politician
- Andre Tippett, American National Football League football player
- André Travetto, French footballer
- André Trepoll, German politician
- André Ventura, Portuguese politician
- André Villas-Boas, Portuguese football manager
- André Watts, American pianist
- Andre Wesson, American basketball player
- Andre Wisdom, British football player
- André Wlodarczyk, Polish-French linguist
- Andre Woolridge, American basketball player
- Andre Wyss, American paleontologist
- Andre Young, better known as Dr. Dre, American rapper and producer
- André Verbart, Dutch poet
- André Zaoui, French physicist
- André Zwoboda, French screenwriter, film director and producer
- Sœur André, French supercentenarian
- Andre Taulany, Indonesian actor and comedian
Surname
- Benjamin André, French footballer
- Fabienne André, born British wheelchair racer
- John André, British army officer
- Mark Andre, French composer
Fictional characters
- André, a character in the 1984 short film The Adventures of André & Wally B.
- André, the main antagonist of the Ubisoft video game Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
- André, in the 2016 film A Wedding
- Andre the blacksmith from the 3rd installment of the Fromsoft gaming series DarkSouls 3
- André Baptiste Sr., a character from the 2005 film Lord of War
- André-Baptiste Depérinconu, a character from the Belgian comic strip Le Petit Spirou
- André Bishop, the main protagonist of the Electronic Arts video game Fight Night Champion
- André Bourgeois, a character in the animated series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
- André Camel, a fictitious FBI agent in the manga series Case Closed
- André de France, the eponymous hero from the Old French romance from the 12th century
- André Delambre, a character in the 1958 film The Fly, which was based on the namesake short story
- André DiMera, a fictional serial killer from the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
- André Grandier, one of the main characters of the manga series The Rose of Versailles
- André Harris, a character from the Nickelodeon TV series Victorious
- André Jurieux, a character in the 1939 film The Rules of the Game
- André LeBlanc (DC Comics), a supervillain who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics
- Andre Lee, a Korean-American biochemist in the American science fiction series Inside Job
- Andre Lyon, a character in the American musical drama Empire
- André Micheaux, best known as Michael Vaughn, a character in the television series Alias
- André Toulon, a character in the film series Puppet Master
- Andre Kriegman from the movie ''Zero Day''
Other uses
- André (film), a 1994 film about André the seal
- André (play), a 1798 play by William Dunlap
- André the Seal