Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Anders

ANDERS

GENDER: Masculine

Meaning & History

Scandinavian form of Andreas (see ANDREW). A famous bearer was the Swedish physicist Anders Angstrom.

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VARIANTS: Andreas (Swedish), Andreas (Norwegian), Andreas (Danish)

FEMININE FORMS: Andrea (Swedish), Andrea (Norwegian), Andrea (Danish)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Andre, Deandre (African American), Andreas (Ancient Greek), Ander (Basque), Andrew (Biblical), Andreas (Biblical Greek), Andreas (Biblical Latin), Andrei, Andrey (Bulgarian), Andreu (Catalan), Andria (Corsican), Andrej, Andrija, Andro (Croatian), Andrej, Ondřej (Czech), Andreas, Andries (Dutch), Andre, Andrew, Andie, Andy, Dre, Drew (English), Andres, Andrus (Estonian), Antero, Antti, Tero (Finnish), André (French), Andria (Georgian), Andreas (German), Andreas (Greek), Andor, András, Endre, Andris, Bandi (Hungarian), Aindréas, Aindriú (Irish), Andrea (Italian), Andrejs, Andris (Latvian), Andrius (Lithuanian), Andrej (Macedonian), Anaru (Maori), Andrzej, Jędrzej (Polish), André (Portuguese), Andrei (Romanian), Andrei, Andrey (Russian), Aindrea, Dand (Scottish), Andrej, Andrija (Serbian), Andrej, Ondrej (Slovak), Andraž, Andrej (Slovene), Andrés (Spanish), Andriy (Ukrainian), Andreas, Andras (Welsh)

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