Andre, Andrei or Andrey?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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

All Andrés I know are french, not AA. SMDH.

André

Do you know French people named Andre or André?

To me, André is French but that’s as different from Andre as Andrei is.

I thought OP meant André but didn't know how to do the accent mark. Andre is pronounced Andrrrr.

You are so French! I meant the anglicized version of Andre with an accent mark.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Andre doesn’t read AA to me. Andre Agassi comes to mind. He’s part Armenian/Ukrainian.

Same. Also, will this kid have an Eastern European/Russian last name? If so, that would make people not think AA. Many AA have French or British last names and I've never met any with a Russian last name.

I googled how to pronounce Andrei and it's Ann dray e- 3 syllables. I like that spelling, but Andre is also nice. I personally like Andres, but that reads more latin.

Yes their last name is definitely Slavic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eastern European here and I actually would have gone with Andrei in English. But Andrey also works. Andriy if they are Ukrainian.

The wild card is Polish, which is Andrzej

Okay luckily Andriy or that Polish version aren’t in the cards lol! -OP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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?

I recommend therapy.

Honestly I think they just don’t want people to assume AA but are being PC

[Anonymous]

I think both Andre and Andrei are straightforward spellings that most Americans will get "right."

I think most people would pronounce Andrey "AN-dree."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:An Eastern European talking about cultural appropriation is culturally appropriating Leftist-American culture. My Marxism is not your costume.

Did the parent actually say "Andre sounds like a Black name" and you tried to translate into woke?

Yes!!!!

[Anonymous]

Thanks again and I got some new input from my friends. They want to to sound as Ahn dray, doesn’t matter which syllable is stressed, as long as it’s not Ann it’s all good. But they also want that i

[Anonymous]

90 day fiance.

[Anonymous]

When I hear this name I think slavic not aa but that likely has to do with my bubble

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Unless he starts working for the govt. Then it’s the legal name

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think both Andre and Andrei are straightforward spellings that most Americans will get "right."

I think most people would pronounce Andrey "AN-dree."

Not like grey? I guess it hurts that I studied Russian. I can't see Audrey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks again and I got some new input from my friends. They want to to sound as Ahn dray, doesn’t matter which syllable is stressed, as long as it’s not Ann it’s all good. But they also want that i

I think they need to go with Andre then.