| [ 2 syll. an-dre, and-re ] The boy name Andre is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is AANDREY KEY. Andre is used predominantly in the English and Portuguese languages, and its origin is Old Greek. Andre is a variant of the name Andrew (English, Greek, and Russian). See also the related form, Dandre (English). Andre is popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity jumped from the 1920s up to the 1970s. Its usage peaked modestly in 1971 with 0.133% of baby boys being given the name Andre. It ranked at #129 then. The baby name has since declined in popularity. In 2007, its usage was 0.083% and its ranking #214, but it was nonetheless the 2nd most popular after Andrew (English, Greek, and Russian), among all boy names in its group. In 2007, it was used 10 times more than Andre. Baby names that sound like Andre include Andrej (Czech, Russian, and Slavic), André (French and Portuguese), Andrzej (Polish), Ondrej (Czech and Slavic), Ander (Basque), Andor (Hungarian), Andra (Scottish), Andrei (Romanian, Russian, Slavic, and Ukrainian), Andreu (Catalan), Andrew (English, Greek, and Russian), Andrey (Russian and Slavic), Andri (Scandinavian), Andriy (Ukrainian), Andro (Slavic), Andru (English), Anndra (Scottish), Amyntor (Greek), Andrea (Italian), Andria (Corsican), and Antero (Finnish). KEY: Pronunciation for Andre: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"
Details of famous persons named Andre: Rapper Dr. Dre, born Andre Young, 18 February 1965, Los Angeles, California. Tennis Player Andre Agassi, born 29 April 1970, Las Vegas, Nevada. |