André

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in French: From Greek Andreas, derived from aner/andros 'man, brave'

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɑ̃dʁe/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

André is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 12th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • PTPortugal≈1 in 235(inferred from the name graph)
  • BRBrazil1 in 378
  • MDMoldova1 in 47as Andrei

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than André itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Russia (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,900,000 named Андрей, est.

#16 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

8 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
557 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 235 (inferred from the name graph)

Portugal, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

АндрейCyrillic(measured from records)
AndresLatin(measured from records)
ԱնդրեյArmenian(measured from records)
อินเดริสThai(measured from records)
ანდრეიGeorgian(measured from records)
안드레Hangul(measured from records)
ΑντρέιGreek(measured from records)
אנדרעHebrew(measured from records)

7 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Andre in US United States, BR Brazil, PT Portugal, Андрей in RU Russia, BY Belarus, Андрій in UA Ukraine and Andrzej in PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Greek Andreas, derived from aner/andros 'man, brave'.

Sources 1

  • Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

How André is read(measured from records)

André is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • French34%

    From Greek Andreas, derived from aner/andros 'man, brave'.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

    French form of Andrew, used in Ireland in modern times.

    as a nameIrish first names

    Andrew. (biblical character)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    Du nom grec Andreas, dérivé de andros ‘homme’.

    as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

    Origine grecque, de Andreas, « homme »; nom chrétien lié à saint André.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • Portuguese31%

    a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • German19%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses André in German.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

André counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where André is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia#12≈2,900,000 est.≈1 in 48#10Андрей297
US United States#1951,075,513as Andrew1 in 3091.1MAndre557
UA Ukraine#18≈660,000 est.≈1 in 66listedАндрій167
BR Brazil#24559,5111 in 378584KAndre264
PL Poland#6513,751as Andrzej1 in 75523KAndrzej238
BY Belarus#9≈150,000 est.≈1 in 63100Андрей106
MD Moldova#2972,195as Andrei1 in 4772KAndrej62
PT Portugal#17≈44,000 est.≈1 in 235listedAndre205

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Universal Dependencies Belarusian-HSE Corpus — Person Names (UD_Belarusian-HSE); e-services.md — living population register; the pt-irn-lista-nomes register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

André is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name12 spellings in the group

    Also written Andrė, Andre, Andrè, Andrë, Ándre

  • Norwegian given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Norway, United States, Sweden, Denmark

    Languages: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish

    Also written Andre, Andrè, Andre'

  • a separate given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Norway, Canada, United Kingdom

    Also written Andre, Andrè, Andre', Andrê, Andrė

  • Polish given name46 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland, Croatia, Czechia

    Languages: Polish, Croatian, Czech

    Also written Andre, Андре, Andree, Andrée, Andre'

  • French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

    Also written Andre

75 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000André Le Nôtre, b. 1613André Chénier, b. 1762André Gide, b. 1869Charles de Gaulle, b. 1890André Malraux, b. 1901Frederik X, b. 1968André Ayew, b. 1989André Schürrle, b. 1990Thomas Meunier, b. 1991Andre Gomes, b. 1993
  • André Le Nôtreb. 1613FRFrench landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France (1613–1700)
  • André Chénierb. 1762FRFrench poet
  • André Gideb. 1869FRFrench author and Nobel laureate (1869–1951)
  • Charles de Gaulleb. 1890FRnot in their usual nameFrench general and statesman (1890–1970)
  • André Malrauxb. 1901FRFrench novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
  • Frederik Xb. 1968FRnot in their usual nameKing of Denmark since 2024
  • André Ayewb. 1989FRGhanaian footballer (born 1989)
  • André Schürrleb. 1990DEGerman association football player (born 1990)
  • Thomas Meunierb. 1991BEnot in their usual nameBelgian association football player
  • Andre Gomesb. 1993PTPortuguese association football player (born 1993)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBonjour André,Hi André, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 58 sources across 37 countries.

Official registers attesting André
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—584K#53
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)2026518#683
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—476#691
PL PolandMinistry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present)20222—
PT PortugalIRN — Lista de Nomes Próprios admitidos———

Reference works 5

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce André?
A machine transcription gives /ɑ̃dʁe/ (IPA) for French.
Is André a male or female name?
André is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name André mean, and where does it come from?
From Greek Andreas, derived from aner/andros 'man, brave'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
What are other forms of the name André?
In the etymology graph, Andrew, Andres and Andreas are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does André have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.9 million people named Андрей in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name André?
In Brazil, the national register counted 559,511 people named André in 2022, about 1 in 378 residents.
How common is André compared with other names?
In Russia, André is the 12th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “André” — the 12th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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