Ander
Where Ander comes from
Ander hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.
Along the way
- 1908First appearance#1,113 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 1989Ander Iturraspe bornSpanish footballer
- 1989Ander Herrera bornSpanish association football player
- 2023Peak, #566516 babies named Ander — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.
Namesakes
- Ander Herrera · Spanish association football player, born 1989
- Ander Iturraspe · Spanish footballer, born 1989
- Ander Barrenetxea Muguruza · Spanish association football player, born 2001
- Ander Capa · Spanish footballer, born 1992
- Ander Guevara · Spanish association football player, born 1997
Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.