Anders

Gender Masculine
Usage Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
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)

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   natural   wholesome   strong   refined   strange   simple   serious   nerdy  

Name Days

Norway: November 30
Sweden: November 30

Categories

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Entry updated April 16, 2019