Andre

Andre is the French and Portuguese form of Andrew, from the Greek andreios, meaning manly or brave. The name has belonged to saints and swordsmen, basketball players, and tennis legends, Andre Agassi bringing the name a flash of 1990s bandanna-and-baseline glamour. Two syllables stressed at the end, ahn-DRAY in French, AHN-dray in American English, both elegant, both confident. It has held a steady place on American charts since the mid-twentieth century, favored especially in Black and French-speaking communities. The name feels cosmopolitan and grown-up, easy in any language. Andre suits a boy with poise beyond his years, a careful dresser, a sharp observer.