Boy · French compound
Marc-André
Say it: mark-ahn-DRAY
Meaning
A French compound of Marc (Latin Marcus) and André (Greek andreios 'manly').
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Very popular in Quebec in the 1980s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 6 babies given this name since 2005
- At its height in 2005, about 1 in 332,700 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Marc-André Fleury, hockey goaltender
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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