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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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"!