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
  1. 1908
    First appearance
    #1,113 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Ander Iturraspe born
    Spanish footballer
  3. 1989
    Ander Herrera born
    Spanish association football player
  4. 2023
    Peak, #566
    516 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.