André

André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well 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'.[1]

For other uses, see André (disambiguation).
André
Pronunciation/ˈɑːndreɪ/
Portuguese: [ɐ̃ˈdɾɛ]
French: [ɑ̃dʁe]
GenderMale[1]
Language(s)French, Portuguese and others[1]
Name dayNovember 30
Origin
Region of originFrance, Quebec, Portugal, Canada, United States, Italy and others
Other names
Alternative spellingAndre
Nickname(s)Andy, Dre[1]
Related namesAndrew
Ander
Anderson
Andy
Andrei
Andrejs
Andrzej
Andriy
Andrea
Andreas
Andrée/Andrey
Andrej
Andrés
Drew[1]

The name is popular in Norway and Sweden.[2][3]

Cognate names

Cognate names are:[1]

Notable people with this first name include

Surname

Fictional characters
  • Andre the blacksmith from the 3rd installment of the Fromsoft gaming series DarkSouls 3

Other uses

See also

References
  1. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
  2. Navn – Statistics Norway
  3. Namesearch – Statistiska centralbyrån Archived 4 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.