MEANING & HISTORY
What does André mean?
André is a French, Portuguese, and Galician form of Andreas. The Greek base is related to andreios, manly or masculine, from the word for man.
The accent and final spelling mark the later language form while the older root stays shared with Andrew and Andrés. Its apostolic association belongs to the broader Christian family. André is a full established name, not necessarily an abbreviated version of a modern Alexander.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
A male given name from French or Portuguese, borrowed from the French and Portuguese form of Andrew.
SpanishEtymology & source
Borrowed from French André. Doublet of Andrés.
a male given name from French
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People with the name André
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DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Andre Paras
Filipino actor
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Use in Philippine-linked records
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Andre Paras, Yūnus al-Filibīnī
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
André in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to André
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Andrea♀From Greek Andreas, meaning manly
- Andree♂♀Unaccented Andrée, French feminine of Andrew
- Andrei♂Form of Andrew; manly or courageous
- Andres♂Related to Greek andreios: manly or courageous
- Andrés♂Manly; Spanish form of Andreas
- Andrew♂Manly; from Greek Andreas
- Andry·Documented spelling relationship with Andri
- Andal·She who rules; Tamil devotional epithet
What rhymes with André?
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Names with a similar written ending
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- Wikidata given-name item Q6298851 — André (opens in a new tab)
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- Wikidata — Andre Paras (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q6298851 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Yūnus al-Filibīnī (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q6298851 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — André (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — André (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — André (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Andrew (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.