Anders

[belle-m.livejournal.com]

How do you feel about the name Anders? My husband and I are really growing fond of it. I feel like it's one of those names you really have to own, and when you do, you can totally rock it from a toddler to an old man.

Am I being blinded by my hormones?

Comments

[mrssubee.livejournal.com]

when I was pregnant I though the name Hildegarde was pretty...ahh hormones....
Anders isn't bad though

[lisasimpsonfan.livejournal.com]

When I first read it I thought it said Antlers so I am going to go with a no.

[renishas.livejournal.com]

It makes me think of Dragon Age. I actually like the name but I like Dragon Age so...

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

I can't stand it. It's so common and boring here.

[rubberducky1467.livejournal.com]

First thought was of that guy named Anders Breivik who shot up Norway last summer.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I'm torn. I like the sound of it, but I would never use it because I associate it with Scandinavia (which I really have no association with) and heavy metal (a lead singer of a popular band, In Flames, is named Anders). We had a friend years ago very into the band and he was considering it for his son. They went with Zion, but I honestly like Anders better!

So I suppose it's more of a guilty pleasure name for me.

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

I like it.

[liltxangel83.livejournal.com]

ditto this

[madeyemads.livejournal.com]

It makes me think of the gun massacre guy from Norway. For this reason I don't like it.

[piperwest12.livejournal.com]

All I think of is the Morwegian mass murder Anders Brevik! Sorry

[quinnthevixen.livejournal.com]

I really like it! It's my cousin's name (we're all very Swedish on that side of the family). I do see what people are saying about the mass murderer in Norway though; not a great association.

[bright-eyes-jh.livejournal.com]

Thirded. I love it.

[piperwest12.livejournal.com]

I think that it is still so recent, maybe a few years out and no one will really have that association.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I read Andres... That would be perfectly fine but I'm not a fond of Anders (I keep thinking people will say Andrés constantly).

[notanoptionbaby.livejournal.com]

I love it personally

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit torn. Personally, I really like the name. And I know two Anders my age, and one about three or four. He has a twin sister named Ingrid, which I always thought was a cute pair.

However, there is the issue of Anders Breivik, which is what I immediately associate with the name, and I'd bet a lot of other people do too. I wouldn't want to name my baby after a racist mass murderer, but it is possible he will fade from history eventually? Sort of? Still, it is kind of a morbid name now.

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

world history? He'll probably fade. Norwegian history not so much. But in a way, a name is just a name. There's been babies named Anders in Norway in the last year and we won't really know until next year when the name statistics are released if it's had a major impact or not, name-wise.

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

Makes me think of the guy from Workaholics. I like it. :)

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I kind of like it, but I immediately think of the character from Battlestar: Galactica. *isageek*

[magpiefirefly.livejournal.com]

It sounds like a nickname. Maybe Andrew, and you can call him Anders as a nickname? Then he'll have something less "cutesie" for his business cards, if he likes.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

me too. Ders!

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

I like Anders. I went to a college full of Norwegian-American pride, so I know several great guys named Anders. I agree with you that it's a very wearable name regardless of age.

[designingdreams.livejournal.com]

I know two people with that name, one pronounced it "And-ers" and one pronounced it "Ahn-ders". Honestly, I don't care for the first pronounciation, but I think the second one seems like a mispronounciation.

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

Definitely not being blinded. I think it's awesome!

[jeweledvixen.livejournal.com]

I really like it. I don't think your hormones have anything to do with liking a great name. :)

[jeweledvixen.livejournal.com]

The OP is from the U.S. and Anders is very uncommon here, so that may be one reason she likes it.

[gemmagic.livejournal.com]

Hildegard/e is pretty! o.O Maybe I'm biased because I once knew a Hildegard and she was lovely.

[kaizopp.livejournal.com]

If it's common over there, that's hardly going to change because of one guy. Like, if there was a mass-murderer called John whatever in the US, it's not going to affect the name popularity that much, there's too many associations for one to keep standing out. Adolf = unusable; Joseph=unaffected. Really just depends on how common the name is.

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

I know, as most people on here are. But that's my reason for not liking it. She did ask for opinions :\

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

Yeah that's what I think too. I heard that in the following months of 2011, only 9 boys got Anders as a name, but that could be completely normal because Norway's a small country and names fluctuate.

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

The second one is more "correct" than the other one. But I see what you mean.

[sictransitsuzy.livejournal.com]

I like it but I think I'd like Anderson better.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

It makes me think of Anders Eriksson (he played for the Wings back in the '90s). I will say, the announcers were inconsistent in the pronunciation; in line with designingdreams's comment. (Random fact: a search on NHL.com's site pulls up 19 players past and present with the name, so there is some familiarity with the name in the US, if just amongst hockey fans).