Name: Anders
Gender: Male
Usage: Anders is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Anders are in general originating from Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Anders across the world, see Andreas.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Anders is: Man, Son of Andrew.
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Numerology of the first name Anders: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Anders is ranked on the 1,866th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 227400 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.004% of the population. The name Anders has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Anders for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Anders is 30 November.
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History and Origin
Anders is a name in Scandinavian languages and Fering North Frisian, the equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew.
In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names for many centuries. According to Statistics Sweden, as of December 31, 2002, it ranks 4th among the male names. The great frequency of this name at the point in time (around 1900) when patronymics were converted into family names is the reason why 1 out of every 30 Swedes today are called Andersson.
The name day of Anders in the Scandinavian calendar is November 30, and in the old peasant superstition that day was important for determining what the Christmas weather would be. If it was very cold on November 30, there would be much sleet on Christmas (and vice versa).
In Denmark (but not in Norway or Sweden), Donald Duck's name is Anders And.
The Fering name Anders may have been borrowed from the Danish version. The equivalent of Anders in Basque is Ander, which is also a very common name.
Scandinavian form of Andrew.
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