Ander
given name · Latin script
Meaning: männl. Vom., baskische Form von
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 33 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/andeɾ/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated
Ander is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country.
- ESSpain1 in 2.9K(measured from records)
- ECEcuador1 in 8.8K
- COColombia≈1 in 17K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Spain (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 165 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.9K (inferred from the name graph)
16,979 people
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Spain
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)männl. Vom., baskische Form von
Cited for this meaning 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Ander, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Ander counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | #593 | 16,979 | 1 in 2.9K | 17K | Ander | 165 |
| CO Colombia | — | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Ander | 43 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 1,924 | 1 in 8.8K | 1.9K | Ander | 24 |
| US United States | — | 1,821 | 1 in 183K | 1.8K | Ander | 151 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Ander | 45 |
| GT Guatemala | — | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Ander | 14 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 5.8K | listed | Ander | 14 |
16,979 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INEC — civil registry names; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Ander is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Dutch, other
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of Dutch
In Basque, a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew, Spanish Andrés, or French André
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In sco, a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Turkish, ownerless; unattended
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Filipino, under; below; beneath
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Ander Crenshawb. 1944USAmerican politician (born 1944)
- Ander Garitanob. 1969ESSpanish football player/manager
- Ander Mirambellb. 1983ESSpanish skeleton racer
- Ander Murillob. 1983ESSpanish footballer
- Ander Herrerab. 1989ESSpanish association football player
- Ander Iturraspeb. 1989ESSpanish footballer
- Ander Capab. 1992ESSpanish footballer
- Ander Guevarab. 1997ESSpanish association football player
- Ander Barrenetxea Muguruzab. 2001ESSpanish association football player
- Ander Astralagab. 2004ESSpanish association football player (born 2004)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)67 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 33 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 414 | #48,021 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 384 | #57,292 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 316 | #63,218 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 9 | #126,713 |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ander mean, and where does it come from?
- männl. Vom., baskische Form von Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
- What are other forms of the name Ander?
- In the etymology graph, Andrew, Andres and Andre are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Ander?
- In Spanish /andeɾ/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- Is Ander a male or female name?
- Ander is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Spain (INE), Ecuador (INEC, 2024), United States (Census Bureau, 2020) and Brazil (IBGE, 2022), among others.
- In which country does Ander have the most bearers?
- In Spain, the national register counted about 17 thousand people named Ander, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ander.
- Where is Ander most common?
- Ander is densest in Spain, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.9 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Ander?
- In Spain, the national register counted 16,979 people named Ander, about 1 in 2.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Ander compared with other names?
- In Spain, Ander is the 593rd most common given name of 135,644 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Ander?
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ander” — the 593rd most common given name in Spain. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.