Anders

See also: anders, änders, ånders, and ænders

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Anders.

Proper noun

Anders

1. A surname.
2. A male given name from Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, or Swedish, equivalent to English Andrew.
   • 2012 May 24, John D. Sutter, “Welcome to the world’s nicest prison”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 March 2018:

     Even at a time when Anders Behring Breivik is on trial in Norway for killing 77 people in a terror attack last year – and the remote possibility he could end up at Bastoy or a similar prison some day – Nilsen and others stand up for this brand of justice.

   • 2026 January 26, Morgan Rynor, “El Portal Councilman sparks outrage after using N-Word twice in public meeting; calls for apology, resignation grow”, in CBS News‎^[2], archived from the original on 31 January 2026:

     Councilmember Anders Urbom says he was quoting someone to describe where he thinks the country is heading.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Anders is the 2343^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 15,554 individuals. Anders is most common among White (87.48%) individuals.

See also

• Anderson

Anagrams

• dearns, denars, resand, sander, snared, sandre, Snader, Arends, Naders, Sander, Dranes, Danser, Sendra, Andres, redans, Rendas

Danish

Etymology

Medieval vernacular form of Andreas. Cognate with English Andrew.

Pronunciation

• (stressed) IPA^(key): [ˈɑnɐs]
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): [ɑnɐs]

Proper noun

Anders

1. a male given name

Related terms

• (variants) Andreas, Andre, André
• (feminine) Andrea
• (surnames) Andersen, Andreasen

References

• [3] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 54 708 males with the given name Anders have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Icelandic

Proper noun

Anders m (proper noun, genitive singular Anders)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Anders (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Anders
accusative	Anders
dative	Anders
genitive	Anders

Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval vernacular form of Andreas (“Andrew”). First recorded in Norway in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ̂nːəʂ/

Proper noun

Anders

1. a male given name

Related terms

• (variants) Andre, Andreas
• (feminine) Andrea, Andrine
• (surnames) Andersen, Andreassen

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [4] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 19 834 males with the given name Anders living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1990s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Swedish

Etymology

Vernacular form of Andreas. First recorded in Sweden in 1396.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈânːdɛʂ/

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Proper noun

Anders c (genitive Anders)

1. a male given name

Related terms

• (variants) André, Andreas
• (pet form) Adde
• (pet form) Anne
• (feminine) Andrea
• (surnames) Andersson, Andreasson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [5] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN:192 303 males with the given name living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Anagrams

• danser, radens, redans