Andre
Meaning
French form of Andrew, "manly, brave"
Famously borne by Andre Norton, the name Alice Norton took legally because publishers said boys would not read a woman. Famously borne by Andre Agassi.
The story
Andre is the accent-free American spelling of French and Portuguese André, a form of Andreas and Andrew. The family comes from Greek andreios, meaning manly or masculine. French, Portuguese, Galician, and English-speaking communities all use the name, while pronunciation changes with language. The missing accent in many US records often reflects the limits or habits of record systems rather than a different origin. Andre has a long American curve: a low early presence, stronger growth from the 1940s through the 1970s, a broad high band from the 1980s through the 2010s, and a modest easing in the 2020s. That is a multigenerational classic, not a brief fashion. Andre feels internationally fluent because it genuinely crosses languages, but its history is more precise than the loose gloss brave. It is the André and Andrew family, rooted in an old Greek word about masculinity.
Andre around the world
One shared root links 9 names across 6 languages.
Shared root: from Greek Andreas, tied to andros "man, manly"; the apostle's name in a dozen national dresses
The constellation
More branches
On record since at least the 11th century: André de Fleury, monk-historian of Fleury.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Andre peaked in the 2010s.
Popularity in Brazil
559,511 people · the #31 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 363 · median age 35
Among people named Andre living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 9,120 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Andre
People given the name Andre in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1970 to 2009. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Andre deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Andre truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Andre fits with your family’s names and surname.
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