The baby name Ender is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced EN-der (IPA: /ˈɛn.dər/).
The baby name Ender is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced EN-der (IPA: /ˈɛn.dər/).
Ender is English, Turkish in Origin.
Ender is a Turkish given name drawn directly from the common adjective ender, meaning "rare, singular, exceptional." Used mostly for boys in Turkey since the late Ottoman and early Republican periods, it conveys the wish that the child be one-of-a-kind. The name appears across the Turkish diaspora and occasionally in neighboring regions influenced by Ottoman Turkish.
Its international profile rose sharply through Orson Scott Card’s science-fiction novel Ender’s Game (1985) and the 2013 film, where Ender is the nickname of Andrew Wiggin; this pop-culture exposure helped introduce Ender to English-speaking audiences and to Latin America (e.g., Venezuelan athletes bearing the name). Ender has few spelling variants; the standard Turkish form prevails, though informal nicknames like Endi/Endy occur. Related names by meaning include Nadir (Arabic/Turkish "rare"). In Germanic languages Ender also exists as a surname of independent origin, unrelated to the Turkish given name.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | 0 | #39 | 1 | 2,238 | |
| AL | 0 | #75 | 2 | 2,372 | |
| CN | 0 | #86 | 1 | 3,857 | |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| GE | Boys | 0 | #110 | 1 | 2,055 |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #124 | 2 | 2,087 |
| PA | 0 | #136 | 3 | 3,797 | |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #151 | 1 | 2,166 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2018 | #185 | 2 | 1,584 |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #215 | 6 | 3,850 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #217 | 4 | 4,970 |
| EC | Boys | 0 | #245 | 2 | 3,322 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #255 | 2 | 7,111 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #256 | 12 | 6,912 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #259 | 1 | 3,997 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #289 | 10 | 5,122 |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #289 | 1 | 8,139 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #290 | 7 | 6,578 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #297 | 1,499 | 15,656 |
| TR | 0 | #300 | 6,319 | 19,440 | |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #302 | 5 | 2,588 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #305 | 1 | 6,530 |
| GT | 0 | #305 | 10 | 5,948 | |
| SA | 0 | #311 | 2 | 10,560 | |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #327 | 6 | 7,401 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #328 | 4 | 9,639 |
| PE | 0 | #328 | 2 | 6,350 | |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #334 | 7 | 6,459 |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #375 | 7 | 7,951 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #387 | 3 | 7,057 |
| France | Boys | 2016 | #406 | 3 | 2,872 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| BO | 0 | #408 | 1 | 6,868 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #426 | 49 | 7,625 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #427 | 16 | 2,180 |
| Germany | 0 | #427 | 11 | 2,542 | |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #427 | 55 | 9,305 |
| CL | 0 | #428 | 7 | 6,867 | |
| CO | 0 | #455 | 26 | 7,768 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #458 | 10 | 7,628 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #465 | 2 | 10,523 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #473 | 33 | 12,621 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #502 | 9 | 10,188 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #517 | 2 | 9,861 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #523 | 1 | 11,913 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #536 | 1 | 6,731 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #553 | 5 | 12,905 |
| LY | 0 | #558 | 2 | 12,703 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #559 | 107 | 13,390 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #563 | 3 | 10,162 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #581 | 12 | 9,244 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #624 | 2 | 10,983 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #658 | 10 | 13,071 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #678 | 5 | 3,552 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #731 | 9 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #737 | 7 | 18,093 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #740 | 12 | 12,213 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #742 | 137 | 14,506 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #782 | 111 | 7,044 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #785 | 168 | 5,697 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #801 | 6 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #825 | 2 | 15,093 |
| TN | 0 | #863 | 3 | 13,765 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #871 | 11 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #877 | 10 | 15,035 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #879 | 73 | 5,873 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #881 | 50 | 5,610 |
| United States | Girls | 2023 | #908 | 7 | 8,600 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #911 | 5 | 14,098 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #926 | 57 | 16,355 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #991 | 2 | 12,708 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,000 | 2 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 2 | 14,861 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,013 | 2 | 25,931 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,035 | 5 | 16,750 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,068 | 11 | 16,140 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,069 | 4 | 24,821 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,100 | 12 | 25,439 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,141 | 3 | 22,615 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,157 | 20 | 20,130 | |
| MA | 0 | #1,198 | 2 | 20,986 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,266 | 2 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,418 | 54 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,571 | 44 | 28,008 |
Ender is popular in 68 countries — most recent births per country:
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