Given name & surname
Ender
Ender is a surname from German. It is used in English and Turkish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ender through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,876
- 1,857 boys · 19 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 153 babies
- 2025
- 93
- #1,745 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +6%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 93 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,745 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,591 as a first name in 2020; 814 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.
Ender’s family of names
Ender may belong to the same name family as ENDDER. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ender
- Ender ArslanTurkish basketball player (born 1983)
- Ender InciarteVenezuelan baseball playerborn 1990
- Ender EcheniqueVenezuelan footballerborn 2004
- Ender GünlüTurkish association football player (born 1984)
- Ender AlkanTurkish association football player (born 1977)
- Ender KoncaTurkish association football player and manager (born 1947)
Characters named Ender: Ender Wiggin (the Ender’s Game series).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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