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First name origin & meaning:

Greek: Valiant, courageous

First name variations: Anders, Andor, Andreas, Andrae, Andrei, Andres, Andros, Andy, Aindrea, Andery, Andonis, Andru, Andrue, Audrew, Andie, Andrews, Andrzej, Drew, Andrew

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. French (André): from the personal name André, French vernacular form of Andreas, also found as a Huguenot name in England in the 17th and 18th centuries.
  2. German: shortened form of Andreae.
  3. Swedish: shortened form of Andree.
  4. A bearer of the surname André is recorded in Quebec city in 1653; another, from Charente, is documented there in 1659. Other branches, from Normandy and Burgundy, were recorded in Montreal from 1663.

Famous people with this first name: Andre Agassi