# Anders

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #17,073

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A male given name from Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, or Swedish, equivalent to English Andrew.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Anders.

## Easily confused with
- **anger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anders-vs-anger)
- **André** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anders-vs-andre)
- **Andes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anders-vs-andes)
- **angels** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anders-vs-angels)
- **Andhra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anders-vs-andhra)
- **Andres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anders-vs-andres)
- **Angers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anders-vs-angers)
- **answers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anders-vs-answers)
- **Andrews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anders-vs-andrews)
- **Andreas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anders-vs-andreas)
- **Anderson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anders-vs-anderson)
- **Andersen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anders-vs-andersen)
- **aides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aides-vs-anders)
- **alder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alder-vs-anders)
- **adder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adder-vs-anders)
- **Andean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/andean-vs-anders)

## Common misspellings (8)
`adners`, `andders`, `anderrs`, `anderss`, `andesr`, `anedrs`, `annders`, `naders`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/anders