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Andrew vs Andre - What's the difference?

andrew | andre |

As proper nouns the difference between andrew and andre

is that andrew is the first Apostle in the New Testament while Andre is a given name derived from French, an anglicized form of André.

andrew

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The first Apostle in the New Testament.
  • * :
    • One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew , Simon Peter's brother. He first findeth his his own brother and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
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  • * 1890 John Davidson, Perfervid: The Career of Ninian Jamieson , Ward and Downey 1890, page 94:
    • I like him - I like a man who can be extreme. Depend upon it, Miss Mercer - but what is his first name?" "Andrew'." "A good name, though common - there is a possibility of a sound reputation in ' Andrew Morton, especially if he narrows himself down to a point - - -
  • * 1966 (Ester Wier), The Barrel , D. McCay Co. 1966, page 57:
    • "Well, I'd say he ought to have a Scottish name like Andrew or Bruce or Sandy...or...Duncan...or Angus or..." He ticked them off on his fingers as they came to mind.
  • * 1985 , Eight Black Horses , Simon&Schuster 2003, ISBN 074346690X, page 138-139:
    • Lloyd was a piss-ant name. Andrew' was better because '''Andrew''' was one of the twelve apostles, and anybody with a twelve-apostle name was a good guy. If you were reading a book - which Parker rarely did - and you ran across a guy named Luke, Matthew, Thomas, Peter, Paul, James, like that, you knew right off he was supposed to be a good guy. - - - He would have preferred to be called ' Andrew , which was his true and honorable middle name.
  • A village in Alberta, Canada
  • A city in Iowa
  • An unincorporated community in West Virginia

    • Related terms

    * (pet forms): Andy, Dandy, Drew * (feminine form): Andrea (surnames) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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    andre

    Translingual

    Proper noun

    (head)
  • A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Éduard-François André (1840-1911).

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    * Author query of the International Plant Names Index ----