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Anders has been one of the most popular Scandinavian names since the 12th century, meaning "manly and strong". Today, it remains the 4th most common name in Sweden. Its historic and present popularity is the reason the patronymic surname Anderson, meaning "Son of Anders," is so common.
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As its usage grows in the United States, the most common pronunciation is an-ders, followed by ahn-ders. The traditional pronunciation of ahn-desh is absent in American usage.
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A very handsome name. I love it.
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I like my name, and I don't care who doesn't. Rant, complain, say what you want, I don't care. You're allowed to have opinions.
Anyway, I've always loved my name, and I think I wear it well. While it's very popular in my country, I still love it. People in English speaking countries don't pronounce it right, but a little correction is all it takes, it isn't a big deal. Yeah, this is my name. Hi everyone, I'm Anders.
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Anyway, I've always loved my name, and I think I wear it well. While it's very popular in my country, I still love it. People in English speaking countries don't pronounce it right, but a little correction is all it takes, it isn't a big deal. Yeah, this is my name. Hi everyone, I'm Anders.
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Anders, a mage companion in Dragon Age Origins: Awakening (a DLC) and Dragon Age 2. Also, he was right.
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Usage: Finnish (Rare), English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: AHN-dehrs (Finnish), AN-dərz (English)
Meaning: Scandinavian form of Andreas (see ANDREW). It is sometimes used as the English short form of ANDERSON.
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Pronounced: AHN-dehrs (Finnish), AN-dərz (English)
Meaning: Scandinavian form of Andreas (see ANDREW). It is sometimes used as the English short form of ANDERSON.
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It’s an okay name, don’t get me wrong, but I associate it too much with the mass murderer, Breivik.
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The name Anders was given to 277 boys born in the US in 2016.
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Anders Giske is a retired Norwegian football player. He is the father of Madeleine Giske. He became the athletic director in Sogndal in 2005 after working in SK Brann.
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Medieval vernacular form of Andreas (“Andrew”). First recorded in Norway in the 14th century.
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Anders Jacobsen, Anders Bardal and Anders Fannemel are Norwegian ski jumpers, winning many honours, including a gold medal in the team competition at the 2015 World Championships.
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A famous bearer would be musician Anders Parker... I kind of like this name, but it's not common.
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Despite the Islamophobic, terrorist Breivek, I love this name. I much prefer it over "Andrew".
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Anders Holm is an American screenwriter/actor known for the show "Workaholics".
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This is an interesting name. I really hope it doesn't become taboo because of some dumb white supremacist terrorist.
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Anders Behring Breivik is a Norwegian terrorist. He killed 76 people (according to Wikipedia) in the 2011 terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utøya island.
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In the video games Dragon Age: Awakening and Dragon Age 2, there is a character called Anders.
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In Denmark we pronounce this very lovely name as AHN-ers. No sh-sounds, nothing fancy. Just good old down to Earth Anders.
It's a very Danish name!
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It's a very Danish name!
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I meant that it's pronounced AHN-desh in Swedish. I'm sorry if I didn't make that clear.
It's a very Swedish name, too.
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It's a very Swedish name, too.
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It's pronounced AHN-desh. The rs makes a sh-sound in Swedish.
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Danish pop group Alphabeat has no less than three members named Anders!
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Anders Celsius (1701-1744) was a famous astronomer.
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In Danish Donald Duck's name is "Anders And". "And" of course, is duck.
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Anders is such a beautiful name! I simply love it. And it's classical, you can be a 3 year old with it as a name, as well as an 18-year old, a 40-year old and a 80-year old!
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I used to live in Sweden and I always wanted to call my son Anders (although or maybe even because it's kind of old fashioned), but now I live in Germany and now it's almost impossible: "anders" in German means "different"!
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Anders Zorn was a Swedish painter.
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