Andre as First Name

Andre Rashawd Barrett            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Andre Rashawd Barrett: is an American professional basketball player. Since 2004, he has played for numerous teams in both the NBA and its affiliate, the D-League.

Andre Tyler Iguodala            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Andre Tyler Iguodala: is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. He is sometimes nicknamed "Iggy", and "The Other A.I." or "A.I.2" because his initials are identical to former 76ers great and former teammate Allen Iverson's.

Andre Devalle Turner            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Andre Devalle Turner: is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. A 5'11", 160 lb. point guard, he played collegiately at Memphis State University (now University of Memphis). His nickname in college was the "Little General".

Andre Devell Spencer            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Andre Devell Spencer: is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'6" (198 cm) 210 lb (95 kg) forward and played collegiately at Bakersfield Community College and Northern Arizona University. He played for three teams in the NBA.

Andre Wakefield            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Andre Wakefield: is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'2½" (189 cm) 175 lb (79 kg) guard and played collegiately at the College of Southern Idaho and Loyola University Chicago. He played briefly in the NBA from 1978 to 1980.Wakefield was selected with the 19th pick in the fifth round of the 1978 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns. In two seasons with three different teams (Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls, Utah Jazz), he averaged 2.3 points, 1.0 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. After his playing days he became an assistant coach at Loyola.

Names that Match While we are discussing the concept of first name-last name compatibility, here is another important perspective that you should consider. The first name you choose should match your last name. For instance, "John Smith" and "Robert Jones" are ....More..

Andre as Last Name

Maurice André            Origin/Culture/Country: French
Maurice André: is a French trumpeter, active in the classical music field.He rose to international prominence in the 1960s and 1970s with a long series of recordings of Baroque works on piccolo trumpet for Erato and other labels. Not content to limit himself to the standard Baroque trumpet repertoire, he also performed many transcriptions of works for oboe, flute, and even voice and string instruments. These recordings were (and remain) very popular, and were a strong component of the rebirth of interest in Baroque music in the 60's. Fellow trumpeters and music lovers the world over have praised André for his clear, bright, ringing tone on the piccolo trumpet.

Carl Andre            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Carl Andre: is an American minimalist artist.Andre was born in Quincy, Massachusetts and educated in Quincy public schools and at Phillips Academy Andover, where he became friends with Hollis Frampton and Michael Chapman. Andre served in the U.S. Army in North Carolina from 1955-56. He moved to New York City and in 1958 met Frank Stella in whose studio he developed a series of wooden "cut" sculptures. From 1960-64 Andre worked as freight brakeman and conductor in New Jersey for the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1965 he had his first public exhibition of work in the "Shape and Structure" show curated by Henry Geldzahler at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery. Andre's controversial "Lever" was included in the seminal 1966 show at the Jewish Museum in New York entitled, "Primary Structures

Gwili Andre            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish
Gwili Andre: was a Danish actress who had a brief career in Hollywood films.Andre came to Hollywood in the early 1930s with the intention of establishing herself as a film star. She appeared in the RKO Studio films, Roar of the Dragon and Secrets of the French Police (both 1932) and began to attract attention for her striking good looks. These films provided her with starring roles playing against such established actors as Richard Dix, ZaSu Pitts and Frank Morgan, and RKO began promoting her for her glamour. A widespread publicity campaign ensured that her name and face became well known to the American public, but her next role in No Other Woman (1933 opposite Irene Dunne)

Pierre-Yves André            Origin/Culture/Country: French
Pierre-Yves André: is a footballer from France who currently plays as midfielder for SC Bastia in the French Ligue 2. In 2003 he had a six month loan spell at English club Bolton Wanderers and successfully helped the side stave off relegation.