Anders
Meaning and origin
Vernacular form of Andreas. First recorded in Sweden in 1396.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Anders (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Anders has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 67 |
| 1999 | 53 |
| 2000 | 45 |
| 2001 | 38 |
| 2002 | 34 |
| 2003 | 35 |
| 2004 | 37 |
| 2005 | 28 |
| 2006 | 23 |
| 2007 | 14 |
| 2008 | 25 |
| 2009 | 11 |
| 2010 | 13 |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | 12 |
| 2013 | 16 |
| 2014 | 11 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 7 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 86,609 |
| 2000 | 86,302 |
| 2001 | 85,928 |
| 2002 | 85,606 |
| 2003 | 85,428 |
| 2004 | 85,151 |
| 2005 | 84,480 |
| 2006 | 84,068 |
| 2007 | 83,546 |
| 2008 | 83,173 |
| 2009 | 82,666 |
| 2010 | 82,135 |
| 2011 | 81,569 |
| 2012 | 81,039 |
| 2013 | 80,531 |
| 2014 | 79,992 |
| 2015 | 79,395 |
| 2016 | 78,858 |
| 2017 | 78,363 |
| 2018 | 77,835 |
| 2019 | 77,330 |
| 2020 | 76,812 |
Anders in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Anders.Hi! My name is Anders.
- Anders har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Anders has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Anders mamma är lärare.Anders's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Anders mamma is Anders's mum. Because Anders already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Anders
How do you pronounce Anders in Swedish?
In IPA, Anders is /ˈânːdɛʂ/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Anders mean?
Vernacular form of Andreas. First recorded in Sweden in 1396.
How popular is Anders in Sweden?
7 babies were named Anders in 2022. In 2020, 76,812 people in Sweden had Anders as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.