Ender is a masculine Turkish given name, derived from the Arabic word Andar (اندر) meaning extremely rare.[1]

It is also a family name, prevalent in families of German or Austrian origin and, as a surname, it is derived from the Middle High German word 'entar', which meant 'edge' or 'end'.

People with the name (whether as a given name or a surname) include:

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In fiction

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  • Ender Wiggin, character from Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game science fiction series
  • The prefix ender-, a prefix in the video game Minecraft (made by Mojang Studios), which denotes mobs (characters) that are found in the End (a dimension in the game) by appearing at the start of the word for the mob, like for example endermite or enderman
  • The Ender Empire, a nation from the Total Conquest Expanded Universe

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References

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  1. ^ "اندر". Mo3jam معجم (in Arabic). 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2023-12-20.