Anders

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Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Old Danish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Finnish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Old Swedish and younger form of Andræs

Related Names

See Andreas

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Andersen
Andersén
Andersinpoika
Anderson
Anderssen
Andersson
Anderssøn
Andersön
Andersøn

Female

Andersdatter
Andersdotter
Andersdóttir
Andersintytär
Anderssdotter

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Anders
Genitive:	Anders'

- Finnish
Nominative:	Anders
Genitive:	Andersin
Partitive:	Andersia

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Anders
Accusative:	Anders
Dative:	Anders
Genitive:	Anders

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Anders
Genitive:	Anders'

- Swedish
Nominative:	Anders
Genitive:	Anders' / Anders

Name Days

Norway

30 November

Finland (Swedish Language)

30 November

Sweden

30 November

Further Information

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name

Pronunciation

• Swedish: [‘andəʂ] (key)

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark:
  • 12th century
  • 13th century
  • A name mentioned in Danmarks gamle Folkeviser
• Sweden:
  • 1378
  • 1396
  • 14th century
• Norway:
  • 14th century
• Iceland:
  • 1845 (Vestmannaeyjar)

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1960-1969
• Denmark:
  • Top 5 in the 17th century in Fyn and in Nordvestjylland and in København
  • Top 7 in the 17th century in Sydvestjylland
  • Top 8 in the 17th century in Nakskov
  • Top 10 in the 17th century in Sjælland
  • 1970-1990

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • Eastern Denmark
  • Fyn
• Sweden:
  • Svealand (19th century) see map
  • Northern Götaland (19th century) see map

Namesakes

• Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 26 January 1953), Danish politician, 12th Secretary General of NATO, Prime Minister of Denmark from 27 November 2001 to 5 April 2009
• Nils Anders Micael Roslund (born 1 January 1961), Swedish writer

Trivia

• "Anders And" (= Anders Duck) is the Danish name for Donald Duck

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		76812	187286	0	17	76812	187269
Denmark		33831	n.a.	1	n.a.	33830	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	12099	0	0	n.a.	12099
Greenland		168	502	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Iceland		19	25	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		19237	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	19237	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

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Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Anders (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.