Anderson (surname)
| Anderson |
| Family name |
| Meaning |
"Anders' son" |
| Related names |
Andersson
Andersen |
Anderson, Andersson or Andersen is a surname deriving from a patronymic meaning "son of Anders/Andrew" (itself derived from the Greek name "Andreas", meaning "man" or "manly"). It has originated in parallel in Scotland and the Nordic countries.
In Scotland, the name first appeared in records of the 14th century as "Fitz Andreu" (meaning son of Andrew), and developed in various forms by the Scottish Gaelic patronymic of "MacGhilleAndrais" which means the servant of St. Andrew. Variations of this name were MacAndrew, Gillanders and Anderson. The name soon migrated to other parts of Scotland due to the popularity of the name "Andrew" as associated with the Patron Saint of Scotland and the largest grouping lies in the north-east of Scotland from the Mearns through Aberdeenshire, Banff and Moray. Similarly it is also to be found in early English records. Anderson is the ninth most frequent name in Scotland and 43rd-most common surname in the United Kingdom.[1]
In Sweden, the form Andersson (and also Anderson) is the second-most common name[2].
In Norway and Denmark, the form Andersen is quite common, being the fifth most common surname in both countries[3][4] - see Andersen.
The Scandinavian forms Andersson and Andersen were often rendered as Anderson by immigrants to the English-speaking countries, whereby the latter form became one of the most common American surnames. The name was eleventh most common surname reported in the 1990 United States census, accounting for 0.3% of the population.[5] It is the twelfth most common surname reported in the 2000 United States Census.[6] Anderson is also one of the most common surnames in Canada[7].
Other spelling variations include: Andison, Andersonne, Andersoun, Andirsoone, Andresoun, Androson, Andirston, Andresson, Andrewson, and Andresen.
Notable persons with the surname Anderson include:
United Kingdom
- Clive Anderson, British lawyer and comedian
- G Anderson, English cricketer
- George Frederick Anderson, British musician and Master of the Queen's Music
- Geraint Anderson, British analyst and columnist
- Gary Anderson (darts player), World champion darts player
- Gary Anderson (F1 designer), Northern Irish former Formula One racing car designer
- Gerry Anderson, British television producer and puppeteer "Thunderbirds", "Captain Scarlet"
- Ian Anderson (musician) (born 1947), Scottish singer, songwriter and flautist, with Jethro Tull
- Ian A. Anderson, folk musician and editor of "fRoots" magazine
- Ijah Anderson (born 1975), English footballer
- Jon Anderson (born 1944), English musician and singer, with Yes
- Lucy Anderson (1797–1878), English pianist
- Martina Anderson (born 1962), Northern Irish politician
- Miller Anderson, Scottish musician
- Pamela Sue Anderson, British philosopher
- Paul W. S. Anderson (born 1965), British filmmaker
- Russell Anderson (born 1978), Scottish footballer
- Viv Anderson, English footballer
- William Anderson (Bishop of Salisbury) (1882–1972), Anglican Bishop of Croydon, of Portsmouth and of Salisbury
- James Anderson (born 1982), English Cricketer
United States
- Alf Anderson, American baseball player
- Ambre Anderson, American model, actress
- Amy Anderson (comedian), American comedian
- Anderson family, a group of American professional wrestlers who are billed as relatives:
- Gene Anderson (1933–1991), fictional brother
- Lars Anderson (born 1939, real name Lawrence Heinemi), fictional brother
- Ole Anderson (born 1942, real name Alan Rogowski), fictional brother
- Arn Anderson (born 1958, real name Martin Lunde), fictional cousin
- Brad Anderson (born 1969), real-life son of Gene
- Bryant Anderson (born 1970, real name Brian Rogowski), real-life son of Ole
- C.W. Anderson (born 1971; real name Chris Wright), relationship undetermined but billed as a part of the "family"
- Karl Anderson (born 1980; real name Chad Allegra), relationship undetermined but billed as a part of the "family"
- The "family" also included another fictitious cousin, Ric Flair, whose real-life sons David Flair and Reid Flair went on to become wrestlers themselves (although the sons have never been billed as part of the Anderson "family").
- Anthony Anderson, American actor
- Anton Anderson (1892–1960), American engineer and mayor of Anchorage, Alaska 1956–1958
- Benedict Anderson, social scientist, author of Imagined Communities
- Bill Anderson (baseball), professional baseball player
- Bob Anderson (runner), (born 1947), American runner
- Brady Anderson, American professional baseball player
- Brooke Anderson, American television personality, co-host of The Insider
- Cal Anderson (1948–1995), American politician
- Carl David Anderson (1901–1991), American physicist, 1936 Nobel laureate
- Carl Thomas Anderson (1865–1948), American cartoonist, creator of the comic strip Henry
- Carlotta Adele Anderson (1876-?), teacher of the deaf and dumb
- Charles David Anderson (1827–1901), Confederate general
- Charles David (Chic) Anderson (1931–1979), American horse race announcer
- Charles DeWitt Anderson (1827–1901), Confederate colonel
- Clarence E. (Bud) Anderson, American aviator and flying ace
- Clayton Conrad Anderson (born 1959), American NASA astronaut
- Curt Anderson (born 1949), Maryland legislator and former broadcast journalist
- Edmund E. Anderson, American auto designer
- Galusha Anderson, American theologian
- Gillian Anderson, American actress
- Harry Anderson, American actor and magician
- Ho Che Anderson, American comic book artist
- Ivie Anderson (1904–1949), American jazz singer
- Jack Anderson (1922–2005), American journalist
- Jane Anderson (born 1954), American actress, screenwriter and director
- Jason Anderson, baseball player
- Jesse Anderson, American murderer
- Jodi Anderson (born 1957), American heptathlete
- Karl Adam (Bud) Anderson, American baseball player
- Ken Anderson (born 1976), American professional wrestler known as Mr. Kennedy in WWE and Mr. Anderson in TNA
- Ken Anderson (defensive lineman) (1975–2009), American football player
- Ken Anderson (quarterback) (born 1949), American football player
- Laurie Anderson (born 1947), American singer and performance artist
- Leroy Anderson (1908–1975), American composer
- Liz Anderson (born 1930), American country music singer
- Loni Anderson (born 1945), American actress
- Louie Anderson, American comedian
- Lynn Anderson (born 1947), American country music singer
- Marc Anderson, American percussionist
- Marcia M. Anderson, first African-American woman to attain major general in the USAR
- Margaret Caroline Anderson (1886–1973), American founder, The Little Review
- Margaret L. Anderson, historian
- Marian Anderson (1897–1993), First African-American Singer at the Metropolitan Opera
- Mark Anderson (writer) (born 1967), American journalist and author
- Mark Anderson (football player), American Football player
- Melissa Sue Anderson (born 1962), American actress
- Melody Anderson (born 1955), Canadian-American actress and social worker
- Miller Anderson (diver) (1922–1965), American diver
- Nicole Anderson (born 1990), American actress.
- Ottis Anderson (also known as O. J. Anderson), retired American professional football player
- Pamela Denise Anderson (born 1967), Canadian-American glamour model and actress
- Paul Thomas Anderson (born 1970), American filmmaker
- Philip Warren Anderson (born 1923), American theoretical physicist
- Poul Anderson (born 1926), American science fiction author
- Richard Anderson, American actor
- Richard Dean Anderson, American actor and televison producer
- Rudolf Anderson (1927–1962), U.S. Air Force pilot and first recipient of the Air Force Cross
- Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941), American writer
- Sparky Anderson (1934–2010), American baseball manager
- Stephen Wayne Anderson (1953–2002), executed Utah assaulter and California murderer of Elizabeth Lyman
- Theodore Wilbur Anderson (1918 – ?), American statistician, co-inventor of the Anderson–Darling test
- Warren Anderson (born 1921), American former chairman of Union Carbide Corporation
- Wes Anderson, film director
- William L. Anderson, libertarian economist and professor at Frostburg State University in Maryland
- William T. Anderson, Confederate guerrilla leader in the American Civil War
- Andrade Antunes Anderson (born 1981), striker, started at Ferroviário
- Anderson Cléber Beraldo, known as Anderson (born 1980), defender, started at Corinthians
- Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, known as Nené (born 1981), midfielder, started at Bahía
- Anderson Conrado, known as Amaral (born 1978), defender, started at Grêmio
- Anderson Costa, known as Anderson (born 1984), forward, started at Vasco
- Anderson Francisco da Cunha, known as Anderson (born 1986), defender, started at Portuguesa Santista
- Anderson Luiz Domingos, known as Anderson (born 1988), defender, started at Osasco-SP
- Anderson Silva de França, known as Anderson de Silva or Anderson (born 1982), midfielder, started at Nacional
- Anderson Simas Luciano, known as Tcheco (born 1976), attacking midfielder, started at Paraná
- Anderson Luís de Azevedo Rodrigues Marques, known as Anderson Luis (born 1987), started at Fluminense
- Anderson Martins, (born 1987) started at Vitória
- Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira, known as Anderson (born 1988), midfielder, started at Grêmio, currently playing for Manchester United
- Anderson Rodney de Oliveira, known as Babù (born 1980), striker, started at Salernitana
- Anderson Polga (born 1979), defender, started at Grêmio
- Anderson Ribeiro (born 1981), striker, started at FC Arsenal Kharkiv
- Anderson Luiz Gomes Ribeiro, known as Anderson Luiz (born 1982), defender started at Flamengo
- Anderson Luis de Souza, known as Deco (born 1977), midfielder, started at Nacional
- Anderson Conceição Xavier, known as Xavier (born 1980), defensive midfielder, started at Vitória
- Ijah Anderson, (born 1975), defender, who played in The Football League
- John Anderson (Irish footballer),(born 1950), former defender, who played for Newcastle United
- Robert Anderson Cavalheiro (born 1983), midfielder, started at Padova
- Sonny Anderson (born 1970), forward, started at Vasco
Other
- Arnold Anderson, New Zealand athlete
- Gerald Anderson, Filipino celebrity
- Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player
- Judith Anderson (1897–1992), Australian film actress
- Karen Anderson (born 1971), Jamaican squash player
- Louis Anderson, New Zealand rugby player
- Oskar Johann Viktor Anderson (1887–1960), Russian-German statistician
- William Anderson (Canadian politician), politician
- Chadwick J. G. Anderson, (born 1993), Future Jamaican Aviator
Andersson
- Arne Andersson (1917–2009), Swedish middle distance runner
- Axel Andersson i Österfärnebo (1897–1979), Swedish politician
- Benny Andersson Member of Swedish pop group ABBA.
- Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress
- Conny Andersson, Swedish former racing driver
- Daniel Andersson, various people
- Emil Andersson, Swedish running target shooter
- Eric Andersson, Swedish motorcycle speedway rider
- Gunnar Andersson, (1928–1969) Swedish football player
- Håkan Andersson, Swedish former Motocross World Champion
- Håkan Andersson, Swedish amateur hockey scout
- Harriet Andersson, Swedish actress
- Ingermar Andersson (1928–1992), Swedish sprint canoer
- Joakim Andersson (diver), Swedish retired diver
- Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874–1960), Swedish archaeologist, paleontologist, geologist and author
- Kent Andersson (motorcyclist) (1942–2006), Swedish Grand Prix motorcyclist
- Kennet Andersson, Swedish footballer
- Mauritz Andersson (1886–1971) Swedish wrestler who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Nicke Andersson, Swedish singer, guitarist, drummer, songwriter and composer
- Ove Andersson (1938–2008), Swedish rally driver
- Patrik Andersson, Swedish footballer
- Roy Andersson, Swedish filmmaker
- Roy Andersson (footballer), Swedish footballer
- Theresa Andersson, Swedish-born American musician
- Ulf Andersson, Swedish chess player
Fictional
- Sgt. Zeke Anderson, character in the TV series Tour of Duty
- Sgt. Suzanne Anderson, star of in the TV series Police Woman
- Thomas A. Anderson ("Neo"), character from The Matrix
- Judge Anderson, character from Judge Dredd
- Alexander Anderson (Hellsing), character in the Japanese anime/manga series
- Amy Anderson, the name briefly used by Sailor Moon character Ami Mizuno
- Tom Anderson, neighbor from Beavis and Butthead
- Jesse Andersen, character from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
- Trent Anderson, character from Dan Brown's novel, The Lost Symbol
- Bonnie Anderson, a character in Toy Story 3
- Blaine Anderson, character from Glee
- Dru Anderson, character from the book series Strange Angels
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