Anders's Name Day

30th November

Anders, the name has a description or meaning which is from the Greek, 'manly'

Anders has a Name day of 30th November, please check our history page to find out how this was derived

This description represents the Male usage of the name.

This name is a variant of the original name Andrew

St Andrew is a patron saint of the following:

Symbols are often associated with Saints, it often helped in the middle ages when people were unable to read thus Andrew has the following symbols associated

Historically Famous Anderss

There have been many Andrews who have been canonized or beatified but all take their name, of course, from the first disciple of Jesus. Andrew was a fisherman who was called from his nets to become 'a fisher of men', bringing with him Peter, his brother. Along with Peter and John, Andrew became one of Jesus' closest disciples. Like most of the apostles, the legends about his life after the Crucifixion are very colourful and most improbable. It is thought, however, that he also was crucified, on an X-shaped cross, in Patras, Achaia (Greece). According to legend, Saints Rule and Theneva later took Andrew's bones to Scotland, obeying the voice of an angel which told them to take his relics 'to the ends of the earth'. Apparently, this revived Andrew; all three built St Andrew's church, and he became Scotland's patron saint, as well as the patron of Russia and Greece