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The first name 
Anders

Anders is a first name for boys.

Anders is a common name for boys!

The name Anders isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Anders ranks 773. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 2 were named Anders. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Anders.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Anders

What does the name 
Anders mean?

In Scandinavian countries, Anders is the variant of the Greek name Andreas meaning ‘manly’. The English form of this name is Andrew.

In Denmark,... Donald Duck's name is Anders And. 'And' means 'duck'.

Anders has 6 letters 
and begins with an A

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is a very popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 9.0% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letter J is more common for boys' names.

With six letters, the name Anders is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that if 9.0% of all boys' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And by the way: Of all the boys' names that start with an A, Anthony is the most common.

Other names with 
A, n, d, e, r and s

If you take all the letters in the name Anders – A, n, d, e, r and s – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Andres or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Anders

If your name is Anders and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Anders

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Anders, you can simply say:

Apple

Nut

Dinosaur

Elephant

Rocket

Sun

This is how the name Anders is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Anders in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Anders

Anders

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Anders

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Anders is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

A
N
D
E
R
S

Have you ever waved the name Anders

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

A
N
D
E
R
S

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Anders sounds like this: