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♂ Ander
What does Ander mean?
Ander 
as a boys' name has its root in Greek, and the name Ander means "man, warrior; lion man". Ander is a variant form of Anders (Scandinavian, Greek): variant spelling of Andrew. Ander is also a variation of Leander (Greek).
Variations
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA ANDERS, LEANDER Anderson▲, Liander
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Adder, ..
(female) Antra, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ander Advik (A.A.), ..
How popular is Ander?
Ander is an uncommonly occurring first name for males but a very prominent last name for all people (#48021 out of 150436, Top 32%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Ander entered the list in 2012 and reached its peak rank of #1221 in the U.S. in 2016, and is presently at #1283. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular alternative forms of Ander (#1283 A YEAR AGO) ranked in the Top 2000 are Anderson (#297), Anders (#785) and Leander. Usage of these forms of Ander reached its apex in 2016 (ADOPTION OF 0.1%) and has remained as widespread to this day (ADOPTION 0.1%, DOWN 0.2%), but with the version Leander going out of style. Anders and Anderson are two of the more chic birth names in this list.
Similar Names
Ander is pronounced similarly to Andor, Aundre, Ender and Ondre. Other recommended sound-alike names are Abdel, Abeer, Abner, Acer, Adar, Ade, Adel, Adem, Aden, Adler▲, Aiden▲, Alden▲, Alger, Alter, Ameer▲, Amer, Ammer, Anael, Ancher, Andie, Andon▼, Andre, Andrea, Andrei, Andrej, Andres▲, Andrew▼, Andrey, Andro, Andru, Andy, Ange, Angel, Anjel, Anker, Ankur, Anse, Ansel, Anteo, Antero, Anwar, Anwel, Ardel, Arden, Asher▲, Asser, Auden, Audey, Avner, Ayden, Aymer, Eder, Elder, Heder, Hyder, Inver, Jader, Keder, Lander, Linder, Nader, Peder, Rider, Ryder▲, Sander, Sender, Snider, Snyder, Vander, Xander▲ and Zander▲. These names tend to be more commonly used than Ander.
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