Given name & surname
Ander
Ander is a masculine given name. It is used in English, Basque, and Scots.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Ander isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ander through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,549
- 4,549 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 516 babies
- 2025
- 365
- #728 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +121%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 365 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 728 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 121.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (75). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,821 as a first name in 2020; 384 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ander’s family of names
In Scots usage, Ander has a diminutive in DAND. Ander has a surname derivative in Anderson. In Basque usage, Ander has a conventional equivalent in the English form Andrew.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ander has relatives in 12 languages.
11 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 29
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AndrewEnglish
- Andreaequivalent
- Anderson“son of” surname · Norwegian Bokmål
- Andreequivalent
- Andersequivalent
- AndreasGerman
- Andreyequivalent
- Andrejequivalent
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- Andriyequivalent
- AndrzejPolish
- Andorequivalent
- Androwequivalent
- Andriusequivalent
- Andrejsequivalent
- Ondrejequivalent
- Andreuequivalent
- Anttiequivalent
- Drejcequivalent
- Андрійequivalent
- АндрейRussian
- ΑνδρέαςGreek
- AndréPortuguese, French
- AndrésSpanish
- Andréasequivalent
- Ondřejequivalent
- Andrásequivalent
- Andriejusequivalent
- Anndraequivalent
- Spanishequivalent
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ander
- Ander HerreraSpanish association football playerborn 1989
- Ander IturraspeSpanish footballerborn 1989
- Ander BarrenetxeaSpanish association football playerborn 2001
- Ander CapaSpanish footballerborn 1992
- Ander GuevaraSpanish association football playerborn 1997
- Ander MurilloSpanish footballerborn 1983
- Ander AstralagaSpanish association football player (born 2004)
- Ander GaritanoSpanish football player/managerborn 1969
- Ander MirambellSpanish skeleton racerborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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