André
For other uses, see André (disambiguation).
Andre or André is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. Andrew is the English form of the Greek name Andreas, a short form of any of various compound names derived from andr- 'man, warrior'. Cognate names are:[1]
- Irish: Aindrias, Aindréas; Aindriú
- Scottish Gaelic: Aindrea, Anndra
- Welsh: Andras
- German: Andreas
- Dutch: Andries
- Scandinavian: Anders
- French: André
- Spanish: Andrés
- Catalan: Andreu
- Portuguese: André
- Italian: Andrea
- Ukrainian: Andrii
- Russian, Bulgarian: Andrei
- Polish: Andrzej, Jędrzej
- Czech: Andrej, Ondřej
- Serbo-Croatian: Andrija
- Slovenian: Andrej
- Finnish: Antero
- Hungarian: András, Endre
- Lithuanian: Andrius
- Latvian: Andrejs
- Romanian: Andrei
The name is popular in Norway and Sweden.[2][3]
Notable people with this first name include:
- Andre Agassi, American tennis player
- Andre Anis, Estonian football (soccer) player
- André Béguin, (born 1897), Swiss war criminal and commandant of the World War II Wauwilermoos internment camp
- Andre Carter, American professional football player
- Andre Dawson, American major league baseball player
- André-Marie Ampère, French physicist
- André Benjamin, also known as André 3000, American musician, record producer and actor
- André Breton, French writer and theorist
- André Chénier, French poet
- André Citroën, French inventor and engineer
- André Frédéric Cournand, French physician and physiologist
- André Derain, French painter
- Andre Geim, Dutch-British physicist
- André Gide, French writer
- André Grétry, French composer
- Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
- André Le Nôtre, French architect
- André Michel Lwoff, French biologist
- André Malraux, French writer
- André Maurois, French writer
- André Masséna, French military commander in French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
- Andre Miller, American basketball player
- André Ooijer, Dutch soccer player
- Andre President, American football player
- André Previn, German-American musician
- André Rieu, Dutch violinist, orchestra conductor
- André Schubert, German soccer player and manager
- André Schürrle, German soccer player
- Andre Strode, American player of gridiron football
- André the Giant (André Roussimoff), French professional wrestler and actor
- Andre Young, better known as Dr. Dre, American rapper and rap music producer
Other uses
- André (play), a 1798 play by William Dunlap
See also
References
- ↑ A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. 2012.
- ↑ Navn - Statistics Norway
- ↑ Namesearch - Statistiska centralbyrån
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