Meaning of the nameAndré

André is a male name of Greek origin, from the name Andréas, which Behind the Name links to 'manly, masculine', derived from the Greek word for 'man'.

Meaning

“manly, masculine, from Greek ἀνήρ, 'man'”

Source: Behind the Name: Andrew

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People (2022): 559,511
Rank in Brazil: #31
Median age: 35 years
2010 Census: 583,808; people

André in the 2022 Census

People with the first name André, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (168,881 people).

3,445 women 556,066 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name André is most common

States with the highest share of people named André in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	146,895	0.331%
Rio de Janeiro	60,656	0.378%
Minas Gerais	55,018	0.268%
Paraná	35,958	0.314%
Rio Grande do Sul	33,205	0.305%
Bahia	31,464	0.223%
Santa Catarina	25,992	0.342%
Pernambuco	22,383	0.247%
Pará	17,083	0.210%
Goiás	16,860	0.239%
Ceará	14,154	0.161%
Maranhão	11,933	0.176%
Amazonas	10,420	0.264%
Distrito Federal	10,309	0.366%
Espírito Santo	10,152	0.265%
Mato Grosso	8,781	0.240%
Paraíba	7,723	0.194%
Mato Grosso do Sul	6,927	0.251%
Rio Grande do Norte	6,330	0.192%
Alagoas	5,315	0.170%
Piauí	5,234	0.160%
Sergipe	4,900	0.222%
Rondônia	3,682	0.233%
Tocantins	3,008	0.199%
Acre	1,838	0.221%
Amapá	1,823	0.248%
Roraima	1,468	0.231%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name André

Wiktionary traces André to Latin Andreās and Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), and says the Old Galician-Portuguese form Andreu was replaced; Andrei is a divergent form of the same origin. Behind the Name derives Andréas from ἀνδρεῖος, 'manly, masculine', and this from ἀνήρ, 'man'; it is the name of the apostle Andrew in the New Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 559,511 people named André, the largest group born in the 1980s.

Sources

Wiktionary: André · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Andrew · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name André

What does the name André mean?

André means “manly, masculine, from Greek ἀνήρ, 'man'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named André in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 559,511 people with the first name André, which ranks it number 31 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is André a boy's or a girl's name?

André is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 3,445 women and 556,066 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name André?

André is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is André most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.378% of the state's population is named André (60,656 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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