[Opinions] Anton and Anders
Both of these names are very long-time favorites. Anders is an ancestral name for me, being used in my family as far back as the 1700s. Anton I just like. I'm curious as to what people's first impression of the names are. Also: Is Ander, Andersen, or Anderson better?
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Right now, the first thing I think of when I hear Anton is the movie Gaslight--it's the surname of the main characters, so I associate it with a scary man and a downtrodden woman. And then I think of Thursday Next, in which case, Anton is the cool brother. ;)
Anders doesn't remind me of anything in particular on first glance, but I like it. It sounds distinguished and respectable to me, like he could be an older man in my (notoriously Norwegian) area. Andersen reminds me of Danny Kaye as Hans Christian; Anderson, of a teacher with whom I had a love-hate relationship and the song "Why Am I Me?" from the musical Shenandoah.
Anton and Anders are definitely my favourites of the bunch, and then Andersen as a mn.
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Anders doesn't remind me of anything in particular on first glance, but I like it. It sounds distinguished and respectable to me, like he could be an older man in my (notoriously Norwegian) area. Andersen reminds me of Danny Kaye as Hans Christian; Anderson, of a teacher with whom I had a love-hate relationship and the song "Why Am I Me?" from the musical Shenandoah.
Anton and Anders are definitely my favourites of the bunch, and then Andersen as a mn.
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I generally like Anton. I'm from Germany and the name seemed to be out-dated here, but I think it's making a comeback! Wouldn't use it though, nms.
'Anders' is German for 'different', so not a name in my book. It might do as a mn though. Of course I don't know how the name is perceived in your region.
Most important is that you like it!
'Anders' is German for 'different', so not a name in my book. It might do as a mn though. Of course I don't know how the name is perceived in your region.
Most important is that you like it!
Anders somehow seems incomplete to me, and too likely to get the nn Andy, imo. I definitely prefer it to Anderson (even like I do like Anderson Cooper, lol) or the extraordinarily boring Andrew. Maybe use Anders as a mn? I'm really like Anton lately. It's somewhat exotic but I can see it realistically being used on a person in the U.S., too.