Gender Masculine
Pronounced Pron. AN-desh(Swedish) AHN-nəsh(Norwegian) AHN-us(Danish)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Scandinavian form of Andreas (see Andrew). A famous bearer was the Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström (1814-1874).

Related Names

VariantsAndreas(Swedish) Andreas(Norwegian) Andreas(Danish)
Feminine FormsAndrea(Swedish) Andrea, Andrine(Norwegian) Andrea(Danish)
Other Languages & CulturesAndre(African American) Andreas(Ancient Greek) Ander(Basque) Andrei, Andrey(Belarusian) Andrew(Biblical) Andreas(Biblical Greek) Andreas(Biblical Latin) Andrei, Andrey(Bulgarian) Andreu(Catalan) Andria(Corsican) Andrej, Andrija, Andro(Croatian) Andrej, Ondřej(Czech) André, Andreas, Andries, Dries(Dutch) Andre, Andrew, Andie, Andy, Dre, Drew(English) Andres, Andrus, Anti(Estonian) Andras(Faroese) Antero, Antti, Atte, Tero(Finnish) André(French) André(Galician) Andria, Andro(Georgian) André, Andreas(German) Andreas(Greek) Andor, András, Endre, Andris, Bandi(Hungarian) Andrés(Icelandic) Aindréas, Aindriú(Irish) Andrea(Italian) Andrejs, Andris(Latvian) Andrius(Lithuanian) Andrej(Macedonian) Anaru(Maori) Andrzej, Jędrzej(Polish) André(Portuguese) Andrei(Romanian) Andrei, Andrey(Russian) Ándaras(Sami) Andria(Sardinian) Dand(Scots) Aindrea(Scottish Gaelic) Andrej, Andreja, Andrija(Serbian) Andrej, Ondrej(Slovak) Andraž, Andrej(Slovene) Andrés(Spanish) Andrii, Andriy(Ukrainian) Andreas(Welsh)
Surname DescendantsAndersen(Danish) Andersen(Norwegian) Andersson(Swedish)

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Name Days

Norway: November 30
Sweden: November 30

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Entry updated April 16, 2019