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
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 (Anderū), アンドレー (Andorē)
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
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