Andre, Andrei or Andrey?
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Anonymous
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Last name is unambiguously slavic, and the parents are from Eastern Europe. Parents don’t want a “tragedeigh” name but also don’t want to culturally appropriate the name they perceive as predominantly AA currently (Andre).
Thoughts? |
Anonymous
| Just name him Andrew and call him Andrey at home. Gosh. |
Anonymous
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I would assume it was spelled Andre and didn't really think of it as a particularly AA name until you pointed it out (but have a Slavic background myself). I suspect he'll have the least trouble having to spell it over and over with Andre
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Anonymous
Totally! Whitewashing is fun! |
Anonymous
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Go with Andrei.
I really don’t thing you need to worry about cultural appropriation in this case though. |
Anonymous
And you’re assuming the parent from Eastern Europe are black? 😂 |
Anonymous
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I've known a few guys named Andre at school. I do think people will tend to default to that spelling and you risk the fault of someone pronouncing it An-dre-ee with Andrei or Andrey.
That being said as someone with a standard but not most common spelling, it's not a huge deal. |
Anonymous
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Andrei may read Russian. Andrey may read Polish or Ukrainian. Andrey is probably more likely to be pronounced correctly.
For best results, use the version that correctly matches the parents' country background and let the kid choose his Americanized nickname. I work with a fully Americanized, possibly American-born, Istvan from a Hungarian-American family. He only goes by Steve but his official paperwork says Istvan. Nobody cares. Another solution is to name Andrew then nickname Andy or Drew. |
Anonymous
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Andrei would be mispronounced (unless it is Andre-ee?)
Andrey would get confused with Audrey 90% of the time, and the other 10% would be pronounced as Ann-dree I vote Andre. I actually don't think Andre reads AA. I've known several Andres that were Hispanic/Italian/latin, so that would be my first thought. #1 Andre #2 Andrei |
Anonymous
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Andre
the rest are silly |
Anonymous
| The first Andre I ever knew was Italian. So I have always thought of it as a white name, the cooler, more Euro version of Andrew. |
Anonymous
| The first one is the most obvious and common. Know a couple Andres of varying ethnicities. The second one is fine, people will know how to pronounce it but he will forever be correcting people on how to spell it. And as someone who has a name that I always have to correct the spelling on, it can get tiresome. The third just looks like you're trying too hard. |
Anonymous
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André is French. A lot of African-American names are modifications from their French or European origins, OP. The accents are usually dropped.
The parents should pick whatever they want. |
Anonymous
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Isn't Andrej the proper spelling if Slavic?
With Andre, people will probably assume he is African American. Which should not be a bad thing, but given discrimination resumes receive, could cost him jobs in the future, sadly. Not sure how people react to Andrej, tho. |
Anonymous
| Andre |