Anonymous
Post 06/05/2025 08:21     Subject: Andre, Andrei or Andrey?
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
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2025 08:18     Subject: Andre, Andrei or Andrey?
Anonymous wrote:
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.


It's not 3 syllables.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2025 08:17     Subject: Andre, Andrei or Andrey?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.


what?? that's not how I'd pronounce Andre

And a big NO on accent marks. They aren't on American keyboards.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2025 08:17     Subject: Re:Andre, Andrei or Andrey?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Go with Andrei.
I really don’t thing you need to worry about cultural appropriation in this case though.


I agree with Andrei. As as Russian speaker, I would say Andrei with the emphasis on the second syllable, while in the US at least i typically hear Andre with the emphasis on the first syllable.


This exactly. Americans will mostly get the emphasis wrong but at least some people will know from the the spelling. If you spell it Andre, nobody will.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2025 08:16     Subject: Andre, Andrei or Andrey?
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.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2025 08:15     Subject: Andre, Andrei or Andrey?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2025 08:08     Subject: Andre, Andrei or Andrey?
Andre doesn’t read AA to me. Andre Agassi comes to mind. He’s part Armenian/Ukrainian.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2025 07:33     Subject: Andre, Andrei or Andrey?
Anonymous wrote:
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.

Anonymous
Post 06/05/2025 06:45     Subject: Re:Andre, Andrei or Andrey?
Anonymous wrote:Go with Andrei.
I really don’t thing you need to worry about cultural appropriation in this case though.


I agree with Andrei. As as Russian speaker, I would say Andrei with the emphasis on the second syllable, while in the US at least i typically hear Andre with the emphasis on the first syllable.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2025 06:25     Subject: Andre, Andrei or Andrey?
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
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2025 06:20     Subject: Andre, Andrei or Andrey?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just use Andrew. Don’t get into weird names that will get your kid made fun of at school unless you have to. Signed, a Russian and Ukrainian speaker.


Andrei is not a weird name, IMO. Foreign, yes, but not weird. In the same bucket as Alexei, Nikolai, etc. Obviously Slavic but pretty standard and not hard to manage a reasonable pronunciation.

Now, names like Gleb and Bogdan I'd probably pass on.


I knew a Gleb and he was exactly like you’d think a Gleb would be.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2025 02:50     Subject: Andre, Andrei or Andrey?
Anonymous wrote:Just use Andrew. Don’t get into weird names that will get your kid made fun of at school unless you have to. Signed, a Russian and Ukrainian speaker.


Andrei is not a weird name, IMO. Foreign, yes, but not weird. In the same bucket as Alexei, Nikolai, etc. Obviously Slavic but pretty standard and not hard to manage a reasonable pronunciation.

Now, names like Gleb and Bogdan I'd probably pass on.
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2025 22:58     Subject: Andre, Andrei or Andrey?
Andre is either AA or European in my mind. I wouldn't find it odd for a white kid.

Andrei is obviously foreign but I would know how to pronounce ir.

Andrey is a typo.
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2025 21:35     Subject: Andre, Andrei or Andrey?
Andre pronounced Ann Dree
Andrei not even English
Andrey pronounced Ann Dray
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2025 21:30     Subject: Andre, Andrei or Andrey?
Andrei. I don't think Andre is pronounced the same.